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William Blake was the second of five children; his father was a hosier. William grew up in London and later described the visionary experiences he had as a child in the surrounding countryside, when he saw angels in a tree at Peckham Rye and the prophet Ezekiel in a field. He wanted to be an artist and in 1767, at age 10, started to attend the drawing school of Henry Pars in the Strand. He educated himself by wide reading and the study of engravings from paintings by the great Renaissance masters. In 1772 he was apprenticed to an engraver, James Basire, who taught him his craft very thoroughly. Basire sent him to make drawings of the sculptures in Westminster Abbey, and thus awakened his interest in Gothic art. |
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Enter a literary realm filled with the Romance, Nature and Wisdom of centuries. A journey through the virtual windows of the mind. Points of light abound throughout these pages, illuminating many concepts, that have been neglected through the passage of time. ...easily, one of the most book-marked poetry collections on the Internet!
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