The Ancient of Days (1827)

I studied William Blake as an undergraduate. His poetry was exactly what a young man of my interests needed. And then, when I was much older, I discovered the brilliant etchings of an artist by the same name. These two imaginative products couldn’t possibly have come from the same person! But I was wrong.

Click here to read a good piece from The Marginalia on the immense artistic accomplishment – and astonishing life – of William Blake.