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The official Twitter account for the William Blake Archive.

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A dilapidated English cottage belonging to William Blake, the lauded 18th-century Romantic poet, is about to get a much-needed makeover. Eventually, after crews finish restoring the structure, it will open as a public museum. bit.ly/4e0uqeQ
William Blake's Cottage Will Be Saved—and Transformed Into a New Museum

William Blake's Cottage Will Be Saved—and Transformed Into a New Museum

The 18th-century poet wrote some of his most renowned works in the house in southern England, which has since fallen into disrepair

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The tin hat is on. Finally some serious protection has been placed around the Blake Cottage roof. We now have quotes in for a new thatch and new roof timbers to start the restoration project. Help the Blake Cottage Trust. Link to donate: justgiving.com/blake-cottage
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Image from Blake Cottage (@BlakeCottage)
Image from Blake Cottage (@BlakeCottage)
Image from Blake Cottage (@BlakeCottage)
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The work of poet and artist William Blake went largely unrecognised in his lifetime. In this special blog, using our newspapers, we explore the evolving attitudes to the art of William Blake following his death in 1827 bit.ly/3Kdjihv #ArtHistory #WilliamBlake
Sepia toned composite image, showing on the left a portrait of the artist William Blake, and on the right, an example of his work, an engraving from one of his 'Prophetic Books.' The engraving shows different king of beasts, a kind of elephant creature in the centre, and a lizard or serpent beneath. Above the animals is a depiction of God reaching down, angels beside him, with other figures, presumably mere mortals, beneath the heavenly skies.

ALT Sepia toned composite image, showing on the left a portrait of the artist William Blake, and on the right, an example of his work, an engraving from one of his 'Prophetic Books.' The engraving shows different king of beasts, a kind of elephant creature in the centre, and a lizard or serpent beneath. Above the animals is a depiction of God reaching down, angels beside him, with other figures, presumably mere mortals, beneath the heavenly skies.

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While MSI was developed in its modern form for work with medieval manuscripts (& I mostly use it for that purpose), we are starting to push away from just the Middle Ages. For example @oishani @achillghost and I have a forthcoming article using MSI images to recover William Blake
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Luisa Cale`@lcale217 Mar 2023
Illuminating scholars' morning @bodleianlibs with Mark Crosby talking about #Blake's gothic apprenticeship, Sepulchral Monuments drawing and copperplates, and a chance to see the Bodleian's Songs! – at Oxford, England
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Image from Luisa Cale` (@lcale2)
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To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour —William Blake, Rochester favorite @BlakeArchive #UnfoldTheUniverse
an image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a small slice of deep space dotted with seemingly unlimited number of galaxies and a few stars from our own galaxy. The stars have points or flares around, but they are greatly outnumbered by the pinpricks of light and the swirling colors that indicate each galaxy.

ALT an image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a small slice of deep space dotted with seemingly unlimited number of galaxies and a few stars from our own galaxy. The stars have points or flares around, but they are greatly outnumbered by the pinpricks of light and the swirling colors that indicate each galaxy.

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"Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?" Happy #LunarNewYear. This year is the year of the tiger. 🐅 #LunarNewYear2022, William Blake, Add MS 49460.
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Image from BL Modern Manuscripts (@BL_ModernMSS)
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More news on Blake's Cottage. @BlakeCottage has been awarded a grant from the Architectural Heritage Fund @ArchHFund in order to prepare a conservation plan for the cottage's future. ahfund.org.uk/news/latest/a-…
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ADE@editorialnotes7 Jan 2021
Check out the ADE panel at #MLA2021! “Editing Footnotes and Marginalia,” featuring @eric_loy of @BlakeArchive, @Andrew_Stauffer, Michael Edson, and moderated by Carol DeBoer-Langworthy of Brown University. 9 Jan. 2021, 5:15pm-6:30pm. mla.confex.com/mla/2021/meet…
screenshot of MLA 2021 conference website. Text reads MLA 2021 Convention 542 - Editing Footnotes and Marginalia. Saturday, 9 January 2021. 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

ALT screenshot of MLA 2021 conference website. Text reads MLA 2021 Convention 542 - Editing Footnotes and Marginalia. Saturday, 9 January 2021. 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

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For #WilliamBlake's deathday (1827), we're giving a shout out to @BlakeArchive's stellar edition of Blake's #letters We love the high res images, attention to materiality (including true size view) and detailed metadata #livesofletters blakearchive.org/work/letter…
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Alan Liu@alanyliu1 Mar 2019
New from the wonderful Blake Archive, Blake's receipts! "There are beautiful receipts in formal words, numbers, and symbols precisely inscribed in fancy handwriting, decorated with colorful seals that certify the transactions." blakearchive.org/work/bb134
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