BLAKE, William Expulsion 1808

In either hand the hastening angel caught | Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate | Led them direct'

- John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book XII.637

Pen and watercolour on paper. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tags: blake, expulsion, 1800, milton, paradise lost, boston, angel, fire, horses

BLAKE William Temptation of Eve 1808

''her rash hand in evil hour | Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate: | Earth felt the wound'

- John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book IX.780

Pen and watercolour on paper. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tags: blake, temptation, eve, 1800, adam, snake, paradise lost, milton, boston

BLAKE, William Christ as the Redeemer of Man, 1808

'Father, thy word is past, man shall find grace'

- John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book III.227

Pen and watercolour, 496 x 393 mm. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tags: blake, christ, redeemer, milton, sepia, paradise lost, boston, grace, 1800

BLAKE, William Raphael Warns Adam and Eve, 1808

'Meanwhile at table Eve | Ministered naked, and their flowing cups | With pleasant liquors crowned'

- John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book V.443

Pen and watercolour on paper. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Tags: blake, raphael, adam, eve, 1800, milton, angel, boston, paradise lost, paradise, archangel