William Blake

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The family was originally settled in Somersetshire, to which county Admiral Blake belonged; but one branch of it subsequently migrated to Wilts, and it was from this branch that the poet was descended. In a work on Blake's art, upon which I am now engaged I propose to give as full details of the pedigree as can be obtained. The portrait of Blake given as frontispiece is a photographic reproduction of the miniature from the life' by John Linnell.