Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery William Blake died on August 12, 1827. On the day of his death, he continued to work on a commission illustrating Dante’s Divine Comedy, stopping only to execute a ...

Just like a comet, a collection of William ... Blake was at times considered mad,'' says Leahy. ''His was visionary art, the expression of ideas. He wasn't the only artist illustrating Dante.

There's an image by William Blake that holds one of the closest embraces in art. It comes from Chapter ... In the body of the text, the giant Albion is denouncing 'unnatural consanguinities ...