{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_64374/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_64374","id":"gutenberg_64374","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64374","summary":null,"tags":["Bible -- Illustrations","Category: Art","Milton, John, 1608-1674. Comus -- Illustrations","Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost -- Illustrations"],"text":"TWENTY-SEVEN DRAWINGS\n\n                           by WILLIAM BLAKE\n\n\n\n\n                         TWENTY-SEVEN DRAWINGS\n\n                           by WILLIAM BLAKE\n\n\n                        BEING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR\n\n                         PARADISE LOST, COMUS\n\n                             and THE BIBLE\n\n\n                            CARL J. SMALLEY\n\n                               McPHERSON\n                                KANSAS\n\n\n                  Copyright, 1925, by Carl J. Smalley\n                           McPherson, Kansas\n\n                      Published in November, 1925\n\n                      Of this edition 1050 copies\n                             were printed\n\n\n\n                 Printed by The Western Lithograph Co.\n                          at Wichita, Kansas\n                    In the United States of America\n\n\n\nFOREWORD\n\n\nWilliam Blake was born in London in 1757, and in 1827 he departed for\n\u201cthat undiscovered country\u201d which all his life he had wished to see.\nThroughout the century which has passed since Blake\u2019s death, much has\nbeen written about him. During the past few years a goodly number of our\ngreatest men of letters have issued books on his life, art, and\nwritings. Many of his writings have gone through several editions, but\nit was only within the past year that his complete works were issued,\nand that in a limited edition, which was soon off the market. While from\ntime to time volumes of reproductions of a part of Blake\u2019s masterly\nengravings and drawings have been issued, a large portion of his finest\ncreations, including the \u201cParadise Lost\u201d series, has not been accessible\nin reproductions.\n\nIt is a pleasure to be able to present in this volume, the \u201cParadise\nLost\u201d drawings, as well as the series for Milton\u2019s \u201cComus\u201d, and a group\ninspired by \u201cThe Bible\u201d. All are reproduced from water color drawings in\nAmerican museums.\n\nWe are indebted to the Fogg Art Museum for the privilege of reproducing\n\u201cThe Angel Binding the Dragon\u201d; to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for\n\u201cShe Shall be Called Woman\u201d, \u201cThe Flight into Egypt\u201d, \u201cThe Wise and\nFoolish Virgins\u201d, and \u201cThe Angel of the Revelation\u201d. All the remaining\ndrawings have been reproduced through the kind permission of the Boston\nMuseum of Fine Arts.\n\n                                                             _C. J. S._\n\n\n\n\nLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS\n\n\nThe Promise of the Redemption\n\nThe Creation of Eve\n\nSatan Watching Adam and Eve\n\nRaphael Conversing with Adam and Eve\n\nThe Downfall of the Rebel Angels\n\nThe Temptation of Eve\n\nThe Expulsion from Eden\n\nThe Prophecy of the Crucifixion\n\nAdam and Eve Sleeping\n\n\u201cStarlight\u201d--Comus Holds the Enchanting Cup\n\nComus Disguised as a Rustic Addressing the Lady in a Wood\n\nThe Brothers, as Described by Comus, Plucking Grapes\n\nThe Attendant Spirit Habited Like a Shepherd Meets the Two Brothers in\nthe Wood\n\nThe Magic Banquet\n\nThe Brothers Overcome Comus\n\nSobrina Disenchanting the Lady\n\nThe Parents Welcome Their Children\n\nShe Shall be Called Woman\n\nDavid and Goliath\n\nThe King of Babylon in Hell\n\nThe Vision of Ezekiel\n\nThe Plague\n\nThe Flight into Egypt\n\nThe Wise and Foolish Virgins\n\nThe Woman Taken in Adultery\n\nThe Angel of the Revelation\n\nThe Angel Binding the Dragon\n\n\n\n\nILLUSTRATIONS FOR PARADISE LOST\n\n\n[Illustration: _The Creation of Eve_]\n\n[Illustration: _Satan Watching Adam and Eve_]\n\n[Illustration: _Raphael Conversing with Adam and Eve_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Downfall of the Rebel Angels_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Temptation of Eve_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Expulsion from Eden_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Prophecy of the Crucifixion_]\n\n[Illustration: _Adam and Eve Sleeping_]\n\n\nILLUSTRATIONS FOR COMUS\n\n[Illustration: _\u201cStarlight\u201d--Comus Holds the Enchanting Cup_]\n\n[Illustration: __Comus Disguised as a Rustic Addressing the Lady in a\nWood_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Brothers, as Described by Cornus, Plucking Grapes_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Attendant Spirit Habited Like a Shepherd Meets the\nTwo Brothers in the Wood_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Magic Banquet_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Brothers Overcome Comus_]\n\n[Illustration: _Sobrina Disenchanting the Lady_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Parents Welcome Their Children_]\n\n\nILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE BIBLE\n\n[Illustration: _She Shall be Called Woman_]\n\n[Illustration: _David and Goliath_]\n\n[Illustration: _The King of Babylon in Hell_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Vision of Ezekiel_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Plague_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Flight into Egypt_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Wise and Foolish Virgins_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Woman Taken in Adultery_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Angel of the Revelation_]\n\n[Illustration: _The Angel Binding the Dragon_]\n\n\n                   *       *       *       *       *\n\n\n                           IN THE MOUNTAINS\n\n                    A book of fine reproductions of\n                 Birger Sandzen\u2019s prints of the Rocky\n                              Mountains.\n\n                        20 Lithographic Plates\n\n                            Introduction by\n                          William Allen White\n\n                   Quarto, printed on Old Stratford\n                  Paper, bound in gray boards, $3.00\n\n                  Limited autographed edition of 125\n                   copies, bound in Library Buckram,\n           containing an original signed lithograph, $15.00\n\n                               SMALLEY\u2019S\n\n                       McPHERSON  \u00b7   \u00b7  KANSAS","title":"Twenty-Seven Drawings by William Blake: Being Illustrations for Paradise Lost, Comus, and the Bible","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":681}