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William Blake in Soho

  • 17 S Molton St, Mayfair, London W1J 5AN, Regno Unito
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William Blake in Soho — his childhood home He was born in Soho, 28 Broad Street, Carnaby Market. His father, James Blake, was a hosier, who made gloves. According to Michael Bedard (author of the excellent biography of Blake, The Gates of Paradise), there was a workhouse behind the house where Blake lived, and the young William Blake would have seen first-hand the poverty and suffering of the young children placed there;

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