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William Blake - Sealing the Stone and Seeting a Watch (1803) Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, US. To see more of his paintings, click the link in bio @deivamedia #deivamedia #artoftheday #artlover #arte #artbasel #artoninstagram #onlinemuseum #onlinegallery #virtualgallery @williamblakeart @william_blake_ #williamblake #williamblakeart #williamblakepainting #williamblakeinspired #williamblakeartwork #artgallery #onlinegallery #onlinemuseum

William Blake - The Ghost of Samuel Appearing to Saul (1800) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US. To see more of his paintings, click the link in bio @deivamedia #deivamedia #artoftheday #artlover #arte #artbasel #artoninstagram #onlinemuseum #onlinegallery #virtualgallery @williamblakeart @william_blake_ #williamblake #williamblakeart #williamblakepainting #williamblakeinspired #williamblakeartwork #artgallery #onlinegallery #onlinemuseum

William Blake - The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun (1805) National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, US. To see more of his paintings, click the link in bio @deivamedia #deivamedia #artoftheday #artlover #arte #artbasel #artoninstagram #onlinemuseum #onlinegallery #virtualgallery @williamblakeart @william_blake_ #williamblake #williamblakeart #williamblakepainting #williamblakeinspired #williamblakeartwork #artgallery #onlinegallery #onlinemuseum

William Blake - The Messangers Tell Job of the Misfortunes that Have Befallen Him (1882) Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, US. To see more of his paintings, click the link in bio @deivamedia #deivamedia #artoftheday #artlover #arte #artbasel #artoninstagram #onlinemuseum #onlinegallery #virtualgallery @williamblakeart @william_blake_ #williamblake #williamblakeart #williamblakepainting #williamblakeinspired #williamblakeartwork #artgallery #onlinegallery #onlinemuseum

William Blake - When the Morning Stars Sang Together (1807) The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, US. To see more of his paintings, click the link in bio @deivamedia #deivamedia #artoftheday #artlover #arte #artbasel #artoninstagram #onlinemuseum #onlinegallery #virtualgallery @williamblakeart @william_blake_ #williamblake #williamblakeart #williamblakepainting #williamblakeinspired #williamblakeartwork #artgallery #onlinegallery #onlinemuseum

2nd January 1801, death of Swiss poet, writer, philosopher and founder of physiognomics Johann Kaspar Lavater. Physiognomy, the practice of discerning the character of a person through their facial appearance, had been a popular theory held in the Ancient World, it had fallen out of favour since the middle ages; but revived again by Lavater who published ‘Physiognomische Fragmente zur Beförderung der Menschenkenntnis und Menschenliebe’ between 1775 and 1778. Lavater introduced the idea that physiognomy related to the specific character traits of individuals, Lavater was friends with both Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and the painter Henry Fuseli, (best known for ‘The Nightmare’). William Blake was also knowledgeable of Lavater’s work and in 1788, annotated Lavater’s ‘Aphorisms of Man’. During his later years, Lavater's influence waned, and he incurred considerable ridicule due to his vanity. His conduct during the French occupation of Switzerland brought about his death. On the taking of Zürich by the French in 1799, Lavater, while trying to appease the aggressors, was shot by an infuriated grenadier; he died over a year later, after protracted sufferings borne with great fortitude. #johannkasparlavater #henryfuseli #williamblake #williamblakeart #strangehistory #strangehistories #weirdhistory #steampunkhistory #interestingfacts #macabre #macabrehistory #hiddenhistory #hiddenhistories#historymystery #historymysteries #historyfacts #darkhistory #historicalillustration #darkillustration #illustrationartwork #otd #thisweekinhistory #onthisdayinhistory #18thcenturyhistory #physiognomy https://www.instagram.com/p/CJlrVdGHza0/?igshid=1him7d6aczzi9

26th November 1731, birth of the English pre-romantic poet William Cowper, influencing both later Romantic poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordswoth; Cowper also became a commited and fervant supporter of the Abolitionist campaign, writing anti-slavery poems, and campaining against the slavery trade alongside John Newton, William Wilberforce, Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharp, Hannah More, and Olaudah Equiano. 28th November 1757, birth of English painter, poet, visionary, radical and printmaker William Blake at 28 Broad Street in Soho, London. Influenced by his own internal vision, and the revolutions of both the United States and France; Blake forged a unique form of philosophical and mystical poetry and art despite any formal schooling, that set to sir a national consciousness into social and moral change, including abolition. Though largely neglected and dismissed during his lifetime, William Blake is now considered one of the leading sages of English poetry, and one of the greatest artists of the pre-Romantic,and Romantic movements. Upon the death of William Cowper, his friend William Hayley, (the third William in our tale), wrote a biography upon Cowper’s life. The work published in 1803 contained six engravings by William Blake, who was commissioned by his patron at the time William Hayley. All art shown is original, and is for sale on the website. See link in bio. The tarot cards come from the historical Industrial sublime Tarot 1760 - 1848. An original Tarot deck inspired by the Enlightenment and the early Victorian period. #williamblake #williamblakepoetry #williamblakeart #tarot #tarotcards #tarotartwork #ofgraveconcern #tarotartist #tarotillustration #illustration #illustrationartists #illustrationart #williamcowper #samueltaylorcoleridge #williamwordsworth #abolition #williamwilberforce #romanticpoets #romanticage #history #18thcentury #darkillustration #darkillustrations #darkillustrator #gothicliterature #gothichistory #tarotdecks https://www.instagram.com/p/CILST9mgm83/?igshid=v9g3q1q8ud52

WILLIAM BLAKE EXHIBITION at TATE BRITAIN UNTIL 2 FEBRUARY 2020 ENTRY FEE: £18 William Blake was a painter, printmaker and poet who created some of the most iconic images in British art. "Relevant to our times" Buy tickets at: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/william-blake-artist . . . #artexhibition #tatebritain #williamblake #artist #williamblakeart #tatebritainexhibition https://www.instagram.com/p/B4FEmo7AyYn/?igshid=5tcwfnup3c27