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Revealing bodies : anatomy, allegory, and the grounds of knowledge in the long eighteenth century / Erin Goss.

Sanity, madness, transformation : the psyche in Romanticism / Ross Woodman ; edited and with an afterword by Joel Faflak.

William Blake and his tree full of angels / by Robert L. Pitfield.

William Blake and the body / Tristanne J. Connolly.

A treatise on zodiacal physiognomy / illus. by engravings of heads and features, and accompanied by tables of the time of rising of the twelve signs of the zodiac; and containing also new and astrological explanations of some remarkable portions of ancient mythological history.

The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.

The elements of medicine / Translated from the Latin, with comments and illustrations, by the author.

A sick man (Valentine) in bed with his hand held by his sister Camilla: the landlady demands the rent as David Simple enters the room. Line engraving by W. Blake, 1782, after T. Stothard.

A black man in Surinam hanged at the waist; human bones lie on the ground and skulls are impaled on sticks. Engraving by W. Blake, 1792, after J.G. Stedman.

A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.

A black woman in Surinam tied to a tree by her wrists as men walk towards her with whips in their hands. Engraving by W. Blake after J.G. Stedman.

A man from Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.

Baron Albrecht von Haller. Line engraving by W. Blake after B. A. Dunker.

A skeleton is approached by an angel who blows the last trump. Etching by Louis Schiavonetti after William Blake, 1808.

The death bed of Don Quixote. Line engraving by W. Blake, 178-, after T. Stothard.

Narrative of a five years' expedition, against the revolted negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777. Elucidating the history of that country, and describing its productions, viz. quadrupedes, birds, fishes, reptiles, trees, shrubs, fruits, & roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J.G. Stedman ; illustrated with 80 elegant engravings from drawings made by the author.

John Brown [Bruno]. Process print after W. Blake, 1795, after J. Donaldson.

God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

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William Blake

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Images by William Blake

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God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.

Baron Albrecht von Haller. Line engraving by W. Blake after B. A. Dunker.

A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.

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William Blake

Images from the collections

Images by William Blake

Works from the collections

God creating Eve from Adam and blessing her. Collotype after W. Blake.

The Beggar's opera: on trial for robbery, Captain Macheath stands in shackles in Newgate prison, while two of his lovers (Polly Peachum and Lucy Lockit) plead for his life. Engraving by W. Blake after W. Hogarth, 1st July 1790.

Baron Albrecht von Haller. Line engraving by W. Blake after B. A. Dunker.

A woman from the island of Tanna, with her baby, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by J. Basire, 1777, after W. Hodges.

Frequent collaborators

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