Blake, William
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Epithet: tanner
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x00018a
Epithet: E India Co.'s Chief in Bengal
British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000186
William Blake (1757-1827), poet and painter, was born at Broad Street, London, on 28 November 1757. He served an apprenticeship under the engraver James Basire, 1771-1778, before attending the Royal Academy of Arts. Blake developed a reputation as a painter and engraver through his contributions to works such as Inventions to book of Job, and exhibited his work at the Royal Academy, 1780-1808. He died at Broad Street on 12 August 1827.
From the guide to the William Blake: Poems, 19th century-c. 1905, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
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- Canada, North America (as recorded)
- Whitchaven, Cumberland (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- St John Isle, Gulf of St. Lawrence (as recorded)
- Montserrat, West Indies (as recorded)
- Bo'ness, Linlithgow (as recorded)
- Jersey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- Greenland, Denmark (as recorded)
- Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (as recorded)
- Bermuda Islands, North Atlantic Ocean (as recorded)
- Quebec, Province of, Canada (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Nova Scotia, North America (as recorded)
- Dartmouth, Devon (as recorded)
- Bo'ness, Linlithgow (as recorded)
- Guernsey, Channel Islands (as recorded)
- Bridport, Dorset (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Ipswich, Suffolk (as recorded)
- Chaleur Bay, Canada (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Liverpool, Lancashire (as recorded)
- New Brunswick, North America (as recorded)
- Grenada, the W. Indies (as recorded)
- Newfoundland, Canada (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Dominica, the W. Indies (as recorded)
- Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
