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Obscured vision
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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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