1757–1827 · English poet and artist
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.
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About William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. He was born in London in 1757 and died there in 1827. He also lived in Felpham, Sussex, from 1800 to 1803. He published Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Innocence and of Experience in 1794.
- Born
- 1757
- Died
- 1827
William Blake in a few words
Moreover the supreme merits as well as the more noticeable qualities merely special and personal of Blake are best seen in his mixed work.
The inner truth of Blake could hardly be better put than this: that he was a good artist whose idea of greatness was to be a great engraver.
There was no doubt that this poor man was mad, but there is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott.
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