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- RP-P-1975-75-2
Nel frattempo, nella vita di William Blake
Tutta la vitasettembre 1800 – settembre 1803 · Luogo di lavoro
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.
settembre 1803 – ottobre 1803 · Residenza
Broadwick Street
ottobre 1803 – 1820 · Residenza
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.
