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ENGRAVED DESIGNS OF WILLIAM BLAKE
354* Page 5.* (Found only in the Windus copy.) Below and beside
the text, left, a nude woman throwing herself backward among flames.
5IX4 in.
355. Page 8. A nude figure (Orc) surrounded by flames, two others,
left (Los and Enitharmon), regard him, with horror in their eyes.
6| X 4I in.
356. Page 8.* Enitharmon appearing as “ An aged woman raving along
the street " (1. 4 of this page). Text above.
357. Page 12. A man lying dead, left, and another fleeing, right. (Cain
and Abel: Damon.) In the background are stony shapes suggesting
sphinxes, under trees. Text below.
6x4! in.
358. Page 13. Milton, a naked form, standing on a globe, advances
holding a robe in one hand and a girdle (" compasses,” Keynes) in
the other. The sun sinks behind him. A nimbus encircles his head.
Then Milton rose up from the Heaven of Albion ardorous :
The whole Ascembly wept prophetic, seeing in Milton’s face
And in his lineaments divine the shades of Death and Ulro ;
He took off the robe of the Promise, and ungirded himself from the oath of God.
6| X 4§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 62.
359. Page 14. Three small figure-designs in right margin. Below,
near the foot of the page, Milton's star descending and striking Blake's
left foot, as in the design on p. 29. A weeping woman, right.
6 x 4I in.
360. Page 15. The Annihilation of the Self-hood.
“ The Spectre " sits enthroned, clasping the book of the Law.
Milton, a nude figure seen from behind, seizes him by the beard and
is about to pull him from his throne. Above, on a hill with a sunrise
behind them, a youth and four girls playing music. Below, To
Annihilate the Self-hood of Deceit & False Forgiveness.
6§ X 4§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 63.
Mr. Damon describes this as Blake dethroning Urizen, with the
“ liberated senses" dancing above. Sloss and Wallis, however,
122
354* Page 5.* (Found only in the Windus copy.) Below and beside
the text, left, a nude woman throwing herself backward among flames.
5IX4 in.
355. Page 8. A nude figure (Orc) surrounded by flames, two others,
left (Los and Enitharmon), regard him, with horror in their eyes.
6| X 4I in.
356. Page 8.* Enitharmon appearing as “ An aged woman raving along
the street " (1. 4 of this page). Text above.
357. Page 12. A man lying dead, left, and another fleeing, right. (Cain
and Abel: Damon.) In the background are stony shapes suggesting
sphinxes, under trees. Text below.
6x4! in.
358. Page 13. Milton, a naked form, standing on a globe, advances
holding a robe in one hand and a girdle (" compasses,” Keynes) in
the other. The sun sinks behind him. A nimbus encircles his head.
Then Milton rose up from the Heaven of Albion ardorous :
The whole Ascembly wept prophetic, seeing in Milton’s face
And in his lineaments divine the shades of Death and Ulro ;
He took off the robe of the Promise, and ungirded himself from the oath of God.
6| X 4§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 62.
359. Page 14. Three small figure-designs in right margin. Below,
near the foot of the page, Milton's star descending and striking Blake's
left foot, as in the design on p. 29. A weeping woman, right.
6 x 4I in.
360. Page 15. The Annihilation of the Self-hood.
“ The Spectre " sits enthroned, clasping the book of the Law.
Milton, a nude figure seen from behind, seizes him by the beard and
is about to pull him from his throne. Above, on a hill with a sunrise
behind them, a youth and four girls playing music. Below, To
Annihilate the Self-hood of Deceit & False Forgiveness.
6§ X 4§ in.
See reproduction, Plate 63.
Mr. Damon describes this as Blake dethroning Urizen, with the
“ liberated senses" dancing above. Sloss and Wallis, however,
122