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Title: Twenty-Seven Drawings by William Blake

Author: William Blake

Author of introduction, etc.: Carl J. Smalley

Release date: January 23, 2021 [eBook #64374]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Chuck Greif (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWENTY-SEVEN DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM BLAKE ***

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TWENTY-SEVEN DRAWINGS
by WILLIAM BLAKE

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The Promise of the Redemption

TWENTY-SEVEN DRAWINGS
by WILLIAM BLAKE

BEING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR

PARADISE LOST, COMUS
and THE BIBLE


CARL J. SMALLEY
McPHERSON
KANSAS

Copyright, 1925, by Carl J. Smalley
McPherson, Kansas

Published in November, 1925

Of this edition 1050 copies
were printed



Printed by The Western Lithograph Co.
at Wichita, Kansas
In the United States of America

FOREWORD

William Blake was born in London in 1757, and in 1827 he departed for “that undiscovered country” which all his life he had wished to see. Throughout the century which has passed since Blake’s death, much has been written about him. During the past few years a goodly number of our greatest men of letters have issued books on his life, art, and writings. Many of his writings have gone through several editions, but it was only within the past year that his complete works were issued, and that in a limited edition, which was soon off the market. While from time to time volumes of reproductions of a part of Blake’s masterly engravings and drawings have been issued, a large portion of his finest creations, including the “Paradise Lost” series, has not been accessible in reproductions.

It is a pleasure to be able to present in this volume, the “Paradise Lost” drawings, as well as the series for Milton’s “Comus”, and a group inspired by “The Bible”. All are reproduced from water color drawings in American museums.

We are indebted to the Fogg Art Museum for the privilege of reproducing “The Angel Binding the Dragon”; to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for “She Shall be Called Woman”, “The Flight into Egypt”, “The Wise and Foolish Virgins”, and “The Angel of the Revelation”. All the remaining drawings have been reproduced through the kind permission of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

C. J. S.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Promise of the Redemption
The Creation of Eve
Satan Watching Adam and Eve
Raphael Conversing with Adam and Eve
The Downfall of the Rebel Angels
The Temptation of Eve
The Expulsion from Eden
The Prophecy of the Crucifixion
Adam and Eve Sleeping
“Starlight”—Comus Holds the Enchanting Cup
Comus Disguised as a Rustic Addressing the Lady in a Wood
The Brothers, as Described by Comus, Plucking Grapes
The Attendant Spirit Habited Like a Shepherd Meets the Two Brothers in the Wood
The Magic Banquet
The Brothers Overcome Comus
Sobrina Disenchanting the Lady
The Parents Welcome Their Children
She Shall be Called Woman
David and Goliath
The King of Babylon in Hell
The Vision of Ezekiel
The Plague
The Flight into Egypt
The Wise and Foolish Virgins
The Woman Taken in Adultery
The Angel of the Revelation
The Angel Binding the Dragon

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR PARADISE LOST

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The Creation of Eve

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Satan Watching Adam and Eve

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Raphael Conversing with Adam and Eve

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The Downfall of the Rebel Angels

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The Temptation of Eve

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The Expulsion from Eden

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The Prophecy of the Crucifixion

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Adam and Eve Sleeping

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR COMUS

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“Starlight”—Comus Holds the Enchanting Cup

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Comus Disguised as a Rustic Addressing the Lady in a Wood

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The Brothers, as Described by Cornus, Plucking Grapes

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The Attendant Spirit Habited Like a Shepherd Meets the Two Brothers in the Wood

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The Magic Banquet

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The Brothers Overcome Comus

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Sobrina Disenchanting the Lady

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The Parents Welcome Their Children

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE BIBLE

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She Shall be Called Woman

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David and Goliath

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The King of Babylon in Hell

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The Vision of Ezekiel

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The Plague

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The Flight into Egypt

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The Wise and Foolish Virgins

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The Woman Taken in Adultery

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The Angel of the Revelation

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The Angel Binding the Dragon


IN THE MOUNTAINS

A book of fine reproductions of
Birger Sandzen’s prints of the Rocky
Mountains.

20 Lithographic Plates

Introduction by
William Allen White

Quarto, printed on Old Stratford
Paper, bound in gray boards, $3.00

Limited autographed edition of 125
copies, bound in Library Buckram,
containing an original signed lithograph, $15.00

SMALLEY’S
McPHERSON · ·   KANSAS