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 ...

One day in 1801, when William Blake was living on the Sussex coast, he went on a long country walk when he got into an argument with a thistle. The artist, poet and musician, who experienced ...

Blake’s cottage, nestled in the coastal village of Felpham, West Sussex, stands as a monumental piece of English literary heritage.

Experts have discovered that doodles engraved on the reverse side of 18th-century printing plates may be the work of a young William Blake. The British writer and artist is most famous for Songs ...

Headlining 2024 Blakefest is the comedy band the BonzoBills who were formed by the amalgamation of members of the Bonzo Dog ...

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 ...

William Blake was a deeply religious man who had a fascination with Christian mysticism, which informed his huge body of works "New light" will be shed on the English Romantic artist and poet ...

Dolce far Niente, a masterpiece by the reclusive and tragic Victorian Neo-classicist painter John William Godward, was sold for £248,750 at Bonhams 19th century European, Victorian and British ...

“If it is indeed the work of William Blake, these engravings reveal previously unknown insights into the artistic and technical development of the artist at the very outset of his career.