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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
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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