William Cowper

1800

Moves to Felpham for his patron Hayley

In 1800 Blake moved to a cottage at Felpham, in Sussex, to take up a job illustrating the works of William Hayley, a minor poet.

septembre 1800 – septembre 1803 · Lieu de travail

Felpham

August 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.

septembre 1803 – octobre 1803 · Résidence

Broadwick Street

octobre 1803 – 1820 · Résidence

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.