Portrait of William Blake by Thomas Philips.
Public Domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons
"The Primeval State of Man was Wisdom, Art, and Science....
I rest not from my great task! To open the Eternal Worlds, to open the immortal Eyes
Of Man inwards into the Worlds of Thought: into Eternity. ...
I must Create a System, or be enslav'd by another Mans
I will not Reason & Compare: my business is to Create ..." (Jerusalem)
Blake's Biography: Archive Exhibition. Source: The Blake Archive
Chronology of Blake's life with hyperlinks for his major works. Source: The Blake Archive
Blake and his (pre-) Occupations - a short introduction. Source: Getty Center
The Otherworldly Art of William Blake (38 min) - an introductory video presentation of Blake's life, poetry and art (published on April 11, 2022). Source: "Eternalized", a YouTube channel.