One fine late 18th-century morning, an affluent collector named Thomas Butts came to call on his friend William Blake and found the poet and his wife sitting stark naked in the summer house of their ...

In William Blake's Songs of Innocence, children do not speak but are spoken for. Some hitherto unrecognized sources for Blake's designs suggest that the Songs disclose a connection between speaking ...

In 1789, William Blake (1757–1827) published his “Songs of Innocence,” and five years later, in 1794, he produced his “Songs of Experience” — binding them both together as “Songs of Innocence and of ...

Among the most famous of Blake’s works are the “Songs of Innocence” and “Songs of Experience,” several pieces of which were on display for museum patrons. Written and designed for children, “Songs of ...

It was titled: SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND OF EXPERIENCE. It came in two sections. The poet, WILLIAM BLAKE, produced and printed the book in two phases, beginning with 19 poems in 1789. These were titled: ...

More than 230 years after its publication, we hear school-age readers grapple with Songs of Innocence, William Blake’s classic collection of poems and illustrations. Show more More than 230 years ...

Patrick Zimmerli has announced the May 16 release of his 14th leader album of his original music, Songs of Innocence, the debut recording on his new label EMP (Emergence Music Productions), founded ...

A rare print of William Blake’s The Tyger poem is to go on auction where it is expected to fetch up to £120,000. The print ...

One danger of artistic longevity is repetition. Then there’s the problem of self-parody. In the case of U2, a band with 13 documented and doted-upon studio albums across 34 years, how does an artist ...

Rare first-issue of William Blake’s ‘The Tyger’ to fetch up to £120k at auction - The piece originates from a scarce ...