American Independence, War of, 86, 87, 98
Blake, Catherine, 30, 31, 37, 38, 40, 66, 148
Blake, William, born, 11; baptized, 12; vision at Peckham Rye, 13; books read, 14; learns drawing from Mr Pars, 15; apprenticed to Basire, 17; joins the Academy under Moser, 21; designs _Morning_, or _Glad Day_, 22; falls in love with Polly Wood, 23; marries Catherine Boucher, 24; meets Flaxman, 30; goes to Mrs Mathew's parties, 30; on war, 34-5; lodges at 23 Green Street, 37; moves to 27 Broad Street, 39; nurses Robert, 40; moves to 28 Poland Street, 40; engraves after Stothard, 44; Robert imparts method of engraving, 45; comments on Lavater's Aphorisms, 51; and Swedenborg, 55-80; reads and annotates _Angelic Wisdom_, 62-5; subscribes his name to tenets of the New Church, 66; on Swedenborg, 72; takes leave of Swedenborg, 80; among the rebels, 89; wears the _bonnet rouge_, 89; on sex, 94-6; moves to 13 Hercules Buildings, 98; engraves _Europe: A Prophecy_, 99, 101; illustrates Bürger's _Lenore_, 111; goes to Felpham, 117; paints miniatures, 119-21; learns Greek from Hayley, 121; returns to London, 127; South Molton Street, 127; vision clears after visit to Truchsess gallery, 129; and Sir J. Reynolds, 156-9; writes descriptive catalogue, 161; and Chaucer, 162-3; vision of Jesus Christ, 165-8; new friends, 172; and Varley, 172-3; removes to 3 Fountain Court, Strand, 180; sells his collection of engravings, 180; and Book of Job, 182-86; and Dante, 187; illness, 187; death, 188
Boehme, Jacob, 23, 47, 49, 51, 56, 58, 72, 118, 165, 172
Chesterfield, Lord, _Letters to his Son_, 27
Cromek, Robert Hartley, 154-6, 159, 160, 165
_Enquiry concerning Political Justice_, 82
Flaxman, 22, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31, 116, 117, 118, 119, 121, 123, 159, 160, 171
French Revolution, 85, 87, 89, 90-2, 101, 118
Godwin, W., 82-4, 86, 87, 88, 92, 145, 172, 190
Hayley, William, 114-130, 137, 139-42, 153-4, 165, 171
_Jerusalem_, 113, 131, 132, 142, 149, 151
Johnson, bookseller, 22, 81, 82, 86, 90, 123
Johnson, Dr, 20, 27, 28, 36, 47, 48, 145, 192
_Marriage of Heaven and Hell_, 75, 81, 176
Mathew, Mrs, 25, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35, 39, 44, 119
Memory, 122, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 147
Michael Angelo, 16, 17, 18, 21, 42, 44, 117, 126, 129, 139, 157, 158, 171