William Blake
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William Blake (28 November 1757–12 August 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. During his lifetime he was not very well known. Today Blake's work is thought to be important in the history of both poetry and the visual arts. His most famous poem is "And did those feet in ancient time" which, more than 100 years later, was put to music by Hubert Parry. The hymn is called "Jerusalem".
Blake was voted 38th in a poll of the 100 Greatest Britons organized by the BBC in 2002.
[change] Illustrated by Blake
- 1791: Mary Wollstonecraft, Original Stories from Real Life[1]
- 1797: Edward Young, Night Thoughts
- 1805-1808: Robert Blair, The Grave
- 1808: John Milton, Paradise Lost
- 1819-1820: John Varley, Visionary Heads
- 1821: R.J. Thornton, Virgil
- 1823-1826: The Book of Job
- 1825-1827: Dante, The Divine Comedy (Blake died in 1827 with these watercolours still unfinished)
- 1827 Potato Marketing Board, Potatoes: Their Cultivation and Use
[change] References
- Peter Marshall. William Blake: Visionary Anarchist (1988) ISBN 0-900384-77-8
[change] Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has images, video, and/or sound related to:
- Recent Discovery of the Location of William Blake's Grave.
- The William Blake Archive, a multi-media archive, sponsored by the Library of Congress
- Works by William Blake at Project Gutenberg
- Blake250: 2007 London festival celebrating 250 years of William Blake's influence
- Paintings of William Blake
