William BlakeStorbritannien, 1757–1827Homerus roept de muze op
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Ukendt
Amsterdam, Holland
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- Kilde
- Museet
Oplysninger
- Inventarnummer
- RP-P-1975-75-2
Hvad det viser
I kataloget
Kilder
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Billede: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam — public domain
Imens i livet hos William Blake
Hele livetseptember 1800 – september 1803 · Virkested
Felpham
1803
A fight with the soldier Schofield and a trial at Chichester
In August 1803 Blake was involved in a physical altercation with a soldier, John Schofield, and was charged not only with assault but with uttering seditious and treasonable expressions against the King; Schofield claimed that Blake had exclaimed “Damn the king. The soldiers are all slaves.” Blake was cleared at the Chichester assizes.
september 1803 – oktober 1803 · Bopæl
Broadwick Street
oktober 1803 – 1820 · Bopæl
South Molton Street
1804
Returns to London and begins “Jerusalem”
In 1804 Blake returned to London and began to write and illustrate “Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion” (1804–20), his most ambitious work.
after 1804
Cromek cheats Blake; Stothard gets the commission
Having conceived the idea of portraying the characters of Chaucer's “Canterbury Tales”, Blake approached the dealer Robert Cromek with a view to marketing an engraving; Cromek, thinking Blake too eccentric to produce a popular work, promptly commissioned Blake's friend Thomas Stothard instead. When Blake learned he had been cheated, he broke off contact with Stothard.
