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Today is William Blake’s Birthday (1757-1827)! A seminal figure of the Romantic artistic era, Blake’s work is outwardly emblematic of belief in the power of narrative and the imagination to convey profound ideas and emotions. (1/8)

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in 1757, William Blake was born in London to Catherine and James Blake. HBD, beloved Mr. Blake!🎂🎉

"William Blake" from The Grave; composed c. 1807-08; delineated by Thomas Phillips; engraved by Luigi Schiavonetti; printed 1808; etching and engraving.

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In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.

—William Blake, English poet and painter was born in 1757.

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“The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.”
― William Blake, who was born in 1757

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Happy Birthday William Blake, in 1757. We mark this by sharing one of our most iconic works from our collection, The Ancient of Days, which is currently on show in our Standardisation and Deviation exhibition.
https://t.co/IWFkZVMkyD

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Born in 1757: English poet, painter, and printmaker (1757-1827)

Self-portrait, 1802

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Poet, painter, printmaker and visionary, William Blake was born on this day in 1757.

Here's an article I wrote for Horrified Magazine, placing Blake in the horror tradition:

https://t.co/1VP50DL82b

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William Blake was born in 1757. These illustrations by Blake are for the poem “The Grave” (1743) by Scottish poet Robert Blair, one of the so-called Graveyard Poets.

The Skeleton Reanimated
The Gambols of Ghosts
By an Open Grave

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William Blake
November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827

Celebrated today as an imaginative and original poet, painter, engraver and mystic, his timeless work has never been more relevant...

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1757年11月28日 ウィリアム・ブレイクがロンドンに生誕。
《ネブカドネザル》(1795/c.1805)版画、墨汁、水彩、紙

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❤️ WILLIAM BLAKE
Born on this day, in 1757

“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”

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Born William Blake English & Largely unrecognised during his lifetime Blake now considered a seminal figure in history of poetry & visual arts of the Romantic Age Major works inc. Newton (1795-1805) Satan (1789) Blake’s Cottage (c1804-10)

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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves, 1757 or after https://t.co/DjvlXFXhPE

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Detail of Agamemnon, from Minerva Restraining Achilles from Killing Agamemnon, 1757

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François Boucher était peintre français La Pêche
à la ligne,1757_à Château de Versailles.

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Man Leaning against a Horse, 1757 https://t.co/ZsjPL79AFG

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