When and where was William Blake born?
William Blake was born on the 28th of November 1757 at 28 Broad Street in Soho, London. He was the third of seven children and two died in infancy.
William Blake was born on the 28th of November 1757 at 28 Broad Street in Soho, London. He was the third of seven children and two died in infancy.
In 1788 William Blake developed relief etching which he called illuminated printing to produce books more quickly than standard methods allowed. The process involved writing poem text directly onto copper plates using acid-resistant medium before etching away untreated areas.
In August 1803 William Blake faced charges after an altercation with soldier John Schofield who claimed Blake shouted damn the king while soldiers were slaves. The Chichester assizes cleared him because evidence seemed invented according to local reports.
William Blake married Catherine Boucher on the 18th of August 1782 in St Mary's Church, Battersea. She mixed and applied paint colours for most illuminated books including Europe: A Prophecy cover.
William Blake died on the 12th of August 1827 and sold fewer than thirty copies of Songs of Innocence and of Experience before dying. His body lay buried five days later at Bunhill Fields where parents rested nearby.