William Blake (1757 - 1827): Engravings for the Book of Job and Dante's Inferno
Saturday, July 12 - Sunday, November 2, 2003
Clifton Hall Link

A professional engraver by trade, William Blake (1757 - 1827) was one of Britain's greatest printmakers. The twenty-nine extraordinary engraved illustrations for the Book of Job and Dante's Inferno formed the basis of this exhibition, which was organized by Curator Kenneth Wayne. The works presented in this installation are perhaps Blake's best-known and finest achievements. Executed in a progressive style, Blake's prints are akin to expressionist and surreal images that were created one hundred years later. Simultaneously, they also refer to the apocalyptic, visionary images of earlier German printmakers such as Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528).