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Publication details of The Clod and the Pebble: |
Appeared in the volume Songs of Experience, published in 1789. |
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Other literary works include: |
The Book of Thel (1789). |
A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
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Born: |
28th November, 1757, London, England. |
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Early years: |
Blake was the second of five children and grew up in London. |
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Schooling: |
He wanted to be an artist and, in 176, at the age of ten, started to attend the drawing school of Henry Pars in the Strand. He educated himself by wide reading and the study of engravings from paintings by the great Renaissance masters. In 1772, he was apprenticed to an engraver, James Basire, who taught him his craft very thoroughly. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1779, Blake entered the Royal Academy as a student of engraving. |
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Career: |
During the 1780s Blake worked as a commercial engraver. In 1783, he published his first volume of poetry, Poetical Sketches, for his friends. The next year, he started a print shop with a former fellow apprentice, but it soon failed. From the years 1793 to 1800, his creative output was greater than ever. |
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Final years: |
Blake began to suffer from gallstones in 1824, which eventually caused his death a few years later. |
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Died: |
12th August, 1827. |
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