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William Blake (1757-1827) was a British poet, painter and engraver who was born in London. William Blake engraved and illustrated his books of poetry including ‘Songs of Innocence’ (1789), ‘Songs of Experience’ (1794), ‘Milton’ (1808), and ‘Jerusalem’ (1820). All were influenced by his unorthodox Christian and political beliefs. William Blake’s watercolours for the ‘Book of Job’ (1826) and Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ (1827) were inspired by his visions, gothic sculpture and engravings after Michelangelo and Blake was a precursor of Romanticism.
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