National Portrait Gallery, Thomas Phillips, 1807 portrait of Blake
William Blake (1757-1827) speaks to the Romantic Age. Largely self-educated, he iscelebrated today as a poet and printmaker as well as a visionary. If his contemporaries largely neglected him, today he is celebrated for his imagination and creativity. He 
is a key Romantic poet.
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28 Nov 1757 to 12 Aug 1827
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