Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)
Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 156
oduction of paintingsand poetry that the majority could not understand.A strangely beautiful and wonderful Bird of Paradiseto break from the nest over that hosiers shop at thecorner of Broad Street, Soho ! When his father died, in 1784, Blakes brotherJames took over and continued the business; and… … >L/ti^£:s Mouse-SoMo BLAKE AND FLAXMAN 123 younger brother, Robert, with him as a pupil; and heused to say that when Robert died, in 1787, he saw hissoul ascend through the ceiling, clapping its handsfor joy. Falling out with Parker, Blake removed, inthis year of his brothers death, to 28 Poland…
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