Andro dgebuadze biography of william blake

By Tim Lambert.

This biography explores the life and times of William Blake, from his early years as an apprentice to his later years as a celebrated artist and poet.

William Blake was a famous poet, painter, and engraver of the late 18th century and early 19th century. Blake was a radical, anti-authority figure. His father James Blake was a hosier. He and his wife Catherine had 6 children. Apart from William, they had 4 boys and 1 girl. From an early age, William Blake was artistic. When he was 14 William was made apprentice to an engraver called James Basire.

William Blake had been educated as an engraver, but this book introduced him to the world as an artist who was also a gifted poet.

William served 7 years and became an engraver himself in Blake also wanted to paint and the same year he became a student at the Royal Academy of Arts. Blake also wrote poems. A book of poems called Poetical Sketches was published in In he published a book of poems called The Song of Innocence. In Blake published Visions of the Daughters of Albion.

Also in , Blake published America, a Prophecy.