Art of the Enlightenment Era

William Blake
Three Figures Reading; Verso: Pencil Sketch of an Interior (Fragment of a larger
pen and wash on white paper
4 3/4 in. x 7 1/16 in. ( 12.1 cm x 17.9 cm )
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
William Blake
Copy after John Flaxman's 'Monument to Agnes Cromwell'
graphite on white paper
9 1/16 in x 5 7/8 in (23.02 cm x 14.92 cm);9 1/16 in x 5 7/8 in (23.02 cm x 14.92 cm);15 7/8 in x 12 in (40.32 cm x 30.48 cm);12 15/16 in x 5 7/8 in (32.86 cm x 14.92 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
William Blake
Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims
line engraving on paper
13 3/4 in x 37 3/4 in (34.92 cm x 95.89 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Abby Hitchcock Bartlett
Clothed reclining figure on a rock. Swirling mist on the left of the image blends into the deep blue background above the figure and to the right.
William Blake
Figure on Rock
watercolor on white paper
3 3/4 in x 5 7/16 in (9.53 cm x 13.81 cm);14 3/8 in x 19 3/8 in (36.51 cm x 49.21 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Engraving of several figres including humans and mythological creatures. There are inscriptions above and below the depicted scene and it is bordered on three sides by a serpent.
William Blake
Then Satan Went Forth from the Presence of the Lord
line and stipple engraving on chine colle mounted on India paper
19 15/16 in x 13 9/16 in (50.64 cm x 34.45 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 1/16 in (56.04 cm x 45.88 cm)
Museum Purchase
Drawing of militaristic angels approaching two men fighting at sea. One angels holds a bow and above and to the right are three more angels carrying clouds. On the left of the image is a serpent curled around a tree.
William Blake
Apollyon
graphite on white paper
6 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in (15.88 cm x 21.27 cm)
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
Print of a man sitting and ooking up toward a figure holding an inscribed sign with Greek letters.
William Blake
Frontispiece to Johann Kaspar Lavatar, Aphorisms on Man
engraving on paper
4 15/16 in x 3 1/8 in (12.5 cm x 8 cm);17 15/16 in x 14 in (45.5 cm x 35.5 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress. Plate VII (In the Fleet Prison)
etching and engraving on paper
14 in. x 16 1/8 in. ( 35.6 cm x 41 cm )
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress. Plate V (He Marries)
etching and engraving on paper
14 3/16 in. x 16 1/4 in. ( 36 cm x 41.3 cm )
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress. Plate I (He takes possession)
etching and engraving on paper
14 in. x 16 1/4 in. ( 35.6 cm x 41.3 cm )
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress. Plate VIII (In Bedlam)
etching and engraving on paper
14 3/16 in. x 16 1/8 in. ( 36 cm x 41 cm )
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress. Plate II (His Levee)
etching and engraving on paper
14 1/8 in. x 16 1/8 in. ( 35.8 cm x 41 cm )
Gift of Jean Paul Slusser

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Figure on Rock (1954/1.210)
Apollyon (1954/1.209)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.1)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.2)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.3)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.4)
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Proverbios (2008/1.153.9)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.10)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.11)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.12)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.14)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.15)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.17)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.16)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.13)
Proverbios (2008/1.153.18)
Tantalus (Tantalo) (2008/1.152.9)
You will not escape (2008/1.152.72)
Hush (Chiton) (2008/1.152.28)
Bravo! (Brabismo) (2008/1.152.38)
Trials (Ensayos) (2008/1.152.60)
Blow (Sopla) (2008/1.152.69)

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