Images Dated 29th August 2007

William Blake's house, 23 Hercules Road, London, 1912.Artist: Frederick Adcock

William Blake's house, 23 Hercules Road, London, 1912. English poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake (1770-1845) lived at 13 Hercules Buildings, Lambeth. Blake came to be regarded as one of the foremost figures of Romanticism. His best-known works include Jerusalem (1804-1820) and The Four Zoas (1795-1804). Trained at the Royal Academy as an engraver, he devised an innovative technique for producing coloured engravings. Illustration from Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London, by John Adcock, (J M Dent and Sons, London, New York, 1912)

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Oliver Goldsmith's house, Canonbury, Islington, 1912. Artist: Frederick Adcock

Oliver Goldsmith's house, Canonbury, Islington, 1912. Canonbury Tower formed part of a manor house of the Priors of St Bartholomew. The Tower itself dates from the mid 16th century. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was acquired by Sir John Spencer, Lord Mayor of London, who added the two wings. Irish-born British playwright, dramatist poet and novelist Goldsmith (1730-1774) lived in the tower during the 1760s. He is best remembered for the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), and the play She Stoops to Conquer (1773). Illustration from Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London, by John Adcock, (J M Dent and Sons, London, New York, 1912)

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Hogarth's House, Chiswick, 1912. Artist: Frederick Adcock

Hogarth's House, Chiswick, London, 1912. The home of English painter and engraver William Hogarth 1697-1764). The house, which was in a village when Hogarth lived here, is now part of London, and is a museum of his work. Illustration from Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London, by John Adcock, (J M Dent and Sons, London, New York, 1912)

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