Poet, printmaker, visionary, the British artist William Blake (1757-1827) made work that is both profoundly personal and universal. Tate Britain is now presenting the most comprehensive exhibition of Blake's work ever held (9 November - 11 February 2001). The aim is to show Blake as an artist, as a poet and as a man.

William Blake Online is designed to enrich your experience of the exhibition by introducing some of Blake's artistic and poetical works, his life story and the London that he knew. The site follows the four exhibition sections, but includes a fifth section, Learning Tools, designed especially for teachers' and students' needs. The Blake exhibition microsite is available here.

If you want to get a helpful overview of the entire site, then go to How to use this site.
To return to this home page at any point, click on William Blake Online at the top of each page.

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This is a pilot project experimenting with the interactive possibilities of learning about art online. While this initial site is limited in scope, it may grow in future. After looking through the site, tell us what you thought of it. If you attended the William Blake exhibition, did this site enhance your understanding and enjoyment of it? To register your opinion, visit
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Writer and Producer: Giles Murray, Hypnotext, Tokyo and London
Editorial Content Manager: Sarah Greenberg, Tate Britain
Art Director: Don Kratzer, datadub design
Technical Producer: Naoko Ito, Hypnotext, Tokyo
Technical Consultant: Urs Roesch, synthetik Tokyo
Illustrators: Tadashi Nomura, Tadaaki Inoguchi, Tezuka Productions
Actor: David Burke
Photography: Dominique Grosz
Flash Animator: Hidekazu Ito, Jobtank Productions
Co-Writer: John Hilary
Production Assistants: Matt Rau, Mieko Murai, Akiko Kobayashi, Hideo Yamazaki
Special Thanks to: Sandy Nairne
Thanks to: Catherine Holden, Sarah Briggs, Lorna Healy, Valerie Doulton

Text Copyright Giles Murray 2000