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Obscured vision
The meaning and purpose of William Blake's work is only partly in evidence at Tate Britain, says
CHRISTINE LINDEY
William Blake, Newton
STEPHANIE BROWN draws attention to the hidden labour of the female embroiderers, and how a 19th century replica made no such error
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The bard invites readers to a gig, raps for Clacton, and lays out the Burnham-Hurzeler conundrum
RON JACOBS recommends an important book that enhances the oppositional theories put forth by Fanon and, in doing so, remakes psychology itself
William Blake
Tate Britain
OFTEN linked to Constable and Turner as one of the three great British 19th-century Romantic artists, William Blake was a genuinely unique poet, printmaker and painter.
Albion Rose by William Blake
But, unlike them, he was never accepted by the art establishment of his day. He died a pauper at the age of 69 in 1827.
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