
William BlakeReino Unido, 1757–1827¿Se puede contemplar?
Londres, Reino Unido
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1757–1782 · Residencia
Broadwick Street
agosto de 1779 · Formación
Royal Academy of Arts
1781
Meets Catherine Boucher
In 1781, recovering from a relationship that had ended in a refusal of his marriage proposal, Blake told the story of his heartbreak to Catherine Boucher and her parents and asked whether she pitied him. When she said yes, he declared: “Then I love you.”
julio de 1782 – agosto de 1782 · Residencia
Battersea
18 August 1782
Marries Catherine Boucher
On 18 August 1782, at St Mary's Church, Battersea, Blake married Catherine Boucher, who was five years his junior; illiterate, she signed the marriage contract with an X. The marriage was successful, and Catherine became his “partner in both life and work”, working as an engraver and colourist.
agosto de 1782 – 1784 · Residencia
Green Street