“Thinking as I do that the Creator of this World is a very Cruel Being & being a Worshipper of Christ, I cannot help saying: "the Son, O how unlike the Father!"”

First God Almighty comes with a Thump on the Head. Then Jesus Christ comes with a balm to heal it.

A Vision of the Last Judgment
1810s

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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

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