This post is by Alexander S. (Sandy) Gourlay. It is adapted from his foreword to Prophetic Character: Essays on William Blake in Honor of John E. Grant (West Cornwall, CT: Locust Hill P, 2002).
Continue readingCheck out this new video tutorial on how to use the Archive’s image enlargement function!
The William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the publication of a digital edition of twenty-seven water color drawings produced by Blake between 1775 and c. 1790.
Continue readingToday sees the publication of our latest issue, fall 2020 (vol. 54, no. 2), which will be open access until the end of the month.
Continue readingOur home at the University of Rochester is about ninety miles from Syracuse University, where Mike Goode is a member of the English Department. Since he’s a neighbor and he has a new book, Romantic Capabilities, coming out (October in the UK, December in the US), we asked if he’d like to chat. Many thanks to Mike for taking part. His replies have been edited ever so slightly for style.
Continue readingCheck out this new tutorial video on how to use the Archive’s search function to search the contents of images!
Check out this new tutorial video on how to find and use the Archive’s collection lists!
This guest post is by Natasha Bharucha, a recent graduate who contacted us to ask if she could participate in our Blake projects. It has been lightly edited for style.
Continue readingThe William Blake Archive is pleased to announce the publication of digital editions of Europe a Prophecy Copies C and F, from Houghton Library, Harvard University, and the Berg Collection, New York Public Library, respectively. They join Copies A, B, D, E, G, H, and K already available in the Archive.
Continue readingWe’ve just published a video about when you need to ask for permission when using images from the Blake Archive, plus other tips for using Blake images in your projects. It’s the latest offering from the archive’s YouTube channel.
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