The visionary creations of the English poet and painter William Blake inspired later writers such as Walt Whitman and James ...

William Blake was a bit of a nut. That’s partly why we like him so much. The great British Romantic artist, whose lifespan (1757-1827) roughly corresponded with that of mad King George III ...

From illuminated books by William Blake to the work of Beatrix Potter and Walt Disney, the legendary artist and author’s trove of treasures offers a window into his imaginative universe — offered in ...

You may know William Blake as a poet, or even as #38 in the BBC’s 2002 poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. But did you know that Blake was also an artist and print maker who made illuminated ...

They belong to William Blake and are believed to be the earliest evidence of the 18th-century poet-artist’s engravings. The markings, many of which are invisible to the naked eye, stem from ...

He's widely regarded as one of the greatest poets of all time. But it seems that even William Blake was prone to doodling as a child. Scientists have discovered a series of boyhood doodles ...

This etching of a small face may be one of William Blake's earliest engravings. © Bodleian Libraries / University of Oxford Experts have discovered that doodles ...

A seaside cottage in England once inhabited by the 18th-century poet and painter William Blake will be restored, with plans to convert it into a museum. The house, where, in 1804, Blake wrote the ...

To save it from collapse, crews will conduct extensive renovations at William Blake's cottage in West Sussex. The Blake Cottage Trust A dilapidated English cottage rented by William Blake ...

OXFORD, England, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A series of boyhood doodles engraved on copper plates by English poet and painter William Blake around 250 years ago have been discovered by researchers using ...

Plans to turn a picturesque cottage once inhabited by the artist and poet William Blake into a museum are a step closer after funding was sourced to fix its thatched roof, which was at risk of ...