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Selected Readingsin British Literature Unit 6 William Blake (1757-1827) The Sick Rose Introduction William Blake was born in London in 1757. His father, a hosier, soon recognized his sons artistic talents and sent him to study at a drawing school when he was ten years old. At 14, William asked to be apprenticed to the engraver James Basire, under whose direction he further developed his innate skills. As a young man Blake worked as an engraver, illustrator, and drawing teacher, and met such artists as Henry Fuseli and John Flaxman, as well as Sir Joshua Reynolds, whose classicizing style he