William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.
While Blake had a sign.
His visual artistry led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced".
His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language".
Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker