William Blake in the Collection of the National Gallery of Victoria

The National Gallery of Victoria houses one of the world’s finest collections of art by William Blake (1757-1827), the British artist, poet and mystic. In a dramatic new display in the Robert Raynor Gallery, this major exhibition will show the NGV’s Blake collection in its entirety, including the Dante and Milton watercolours, hand-coloured relief prints (Europe, Urizen and Jerusalem), Virgil wood-engravings, Job engravings, and illustrated books.

Highlights include the unveiling of the Gallery’s two superb new Blake acquisitions, Copy X of the Songs of Innocence watercoloured by Blake, and a hand-coloured volume of his engravings illustrating Edward Young’s Night Thoughts.

Principal sponsor for the exhibition was Transurban Citylink.
Support sponsors were Qantas Airlines, Hotel Sofitel Melbourne, and The Age.