その頃、William Blakeの人生では
生涯をすべて見る1782年8月–1784 · 居住
Green Street
c. 1783
First collection: “Poetical Sketches”
Around 1783 Blake performed his juvenile verse at a dinner party, which brought him patronage and funding for the publication of his first collection of poems, “Poetical Sketches”.
1784–1785 · 居住
Broadwick Street
1785–1791 · 居住
Poland Street
1788
Invents relief etching
In 1788, aged 31, Blake invented relief etching, or “illuminated printing”: text and designs are drawn on a copper plate in acid-resistant ink and etched so that the protected areas stand in relief, and the printed pages are coloured by hand in watercolours. He used it for most of his well-known works, including “Songs of Innocence and of Experience”, “The Book of Thel”, “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” and “Jerusalem”.
1791 · 居住
Hercules Buildings
