What immortal hand or eye? Gallery dedicated to William Blake opens in San Francisco
A gallery dedicated to the British Romantic poet and artist William Blake opened in San Francisco on 14 October. It is the first space to focus on his art since 1793, when Blake himself privately organised a show of his paintings in Lambeth, Londonbut failed to sell a single work.
John Windle, a California-based bookseller who has dealt in Blakes work since the late 1960sand who recites Blakes poetry on a whim, and has sold more Blake than Blake ever didsays that creating The William Blake Gall
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