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Illustration about William Shakespeare engraving portrait on rough ancient paper. Illustration of author, british, london - 13702890

On the eve of a major exhibition on the printmaker, painter and poet, Fiona Maddocks chooses her 10 favourite works

Page of The Ancient of Days by BLAKE, William in the Web Gallery of Art, a searchable image collection and database of European painting, sculpture and architecture (200-1900)

William Faulkner, age 33, modeling the open-collar look in this publicity shot for his novel “Sanctuary.” Photo by J. R. Cofield of Oxford, Mississippi. © The Cofield Collection. The Cofields were family friends, and photographed Faulkner over the years from 1930 to 1962. * “Man knows so little about his fellows. In his eyes all men or women act upon what he believes would motivate him if he were mad enough to do what that other man or woman is doing.” —“Light in August” (1932) * “William…

William Blake - Joy

Ben Douglass did up this fun art of a bunch of your favorite (and least favorite) vampires. I can say I do know who each of these are. Do you? (via The Uniblog)

Witches, gargoyles, demons, crucifixions … William Mortensen’s grotesque photographs are being reassessed – with a new book of his life and work, republication of his own book on photography and psychology, and exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. All images by William Mortensen