William Blake: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

• The Book of Ahania. Three proofs. Call Number: Tinker +274

• The First Book of Urizen, copy H. Three proofs. Call Number: 1971 +21

• For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, copy I.  Call Number: Folio Tinker 280

• The Book of Thel, copy E.  Call Number: Tinker +271

• The Book of Thel, copy K.  Call Number: Im B581 +789B

• Songs of Innocence. Call Number: Tinker +268

• Songs of Innocence and of Experience, copy M.  Call Number: Tinker 273

• America a Prophecy, copy K. Call Number: Folio Tinker 272

• Jerusalem The Emanation of the Giant Albion. Plate 23; plate 25; plate 28; plate 53; plate 76; plate 78; plate 85; plate 99. Call Number: 1976 +371

• Untitled illustration of a bearded man, crouching, from The First Book of Urizen. Call Number: 1984 +149.

• Chap. 14 (Plate 13) from America a Prophecy. Call Number: 2003 +189. 

Designed and Engraved by Blake

• "The Book of my Remembrance", plate 21 from A Small Book of Designs. Call Number: GEN MSS 310 (Box 4, Folder 129)

• "Does the Soul labor thus" “In Caverns of the Grave”, plate 15 from A Small Book of Designs. Call Number: GEN MSS 310 (Box 4, Folder 130)

• The prologue and characters of Chaucer's pilgrims : selected from his Canterbury tales; intended to illustrate a particular design of Mr. William Blake, which is engraved by himself. Call Number: Tinker 285

Plates Designed and Engraved by Blake

• Illustrations of the Book of Job. India proofs mounted. Call Number: IIm B581 825J

• Illustrations of the Book of Job. Call Number: Folio Tinker 287

• Illustrations of the Book of Job. Call Number: 1976 +373

Plates Engraved by Blake after Designs by Other Artists

• Stedman, John Gabriel. “Flagellation of a Femal Samboe slave”, From: Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. 1793. 1 plate. Call Number: CF2410 +S74

Pencil Sketches

• Affection and Love. Call Number: GEN MSS 310 (Folder 127)

Pencil and Pen-and-ink Drawings

• Nor fox, nor wolf, nor rot among our sheep. Call Number: GEN MSS 310 (Box 4, Folder 128)

Water Color Drawings

• The Keys of Calais. Call Number: GEN MSS 914

• Sketch of William Cowper's tomb in Dereham church. From: Osborn Manuscript Files. Call Number: OSB MSS FILE 1390

• Timon. Call Number: MS Vault Shelves Blake

Illuminated Books

Commercial Book Illustrations

Separate Prints and Prints in Series

Drawings and Paintings

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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