L'allegro and Il Penseroso

- William Blake's fine watercolors illustrating the most perfect of John Milton's shorter poems, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, a revelation in English literature and art Blake engaged with the legacy of Milton all his life. These watercolors, made around 1816-20 to illustrate the most perfect of Milton's shorter poems, are some of the finest of all his works. All 12 watercolors are reproduced here in actual size.