![The Belvedere Torso [verso], William Blake, probably c. 1779/1780](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/2ae4a738-f92a-4c29-a7be-1045ebb45033/full/!1600,1600/0/default.jpg)
1757–1782 · 居住
Broadwick Street
1779年8月 · 求学
Royal Academy of Arts
1781
Meets Catherine Boucher
In 1781, recovering from a relationship that had ended in a refusal of his marriage proposal, Blake told the story of his heartbreak to Catherine Boucher and her parents and asked whether she pitied him. When she said yes, he declared: “Then I love you.”
1782年7月–1782年8月 · 居住
Battersea
18 August 1782
Marries Catherine Boucher
On 18 August 1782, at St Mary's Church, Battersea, Blake married Catherine Boucher, who was five years his junior; illiterate, she signed the marriage contract with an X. The marriage was successful, and Catherine became his “partner in both life and work”, working as an engraver and colourist.
1782年8月–1784 · 居住
Green Street