William Blake was a poet, painter, and engraver born in London in 1757. He did not have any formal schooling but spent his youth wandering the streets of London and the surrounding countryside. Blake entered Pars’ drawing school at age 10, and became an engraver’s apprentice at age 14.
Some of Blake’s works include Songs of Innocence and Experience (1794), The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (written 1790-1793), The Four Zoas (written 1797-1807, unfinished), and Milton (written 1804-1810).
Information from The William Black Archive.