William Blake [ Art and Literature ]
… sympathized with radical politics as well as with Swedenborgianism. Though his ambitions were thwarted in the emerging market of book selling and publishing, every aspect of Blake’s life gives opportunity to think about Blake and … which the painter John Linnell (1792-1882) commissioned. 5 Blake’s biggest undertaking was the exhibition of 1809. His marketing campaign, following the commercial approach of the literary galleries, advertised commissions for engravings … or Frederik Tatham’s stocks because Blake kept what he could not sell. See appendix to William Blake in the Desolate Market (Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014). 6 . G.E. Bentley Jr, Blake Records, second edition …
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