Tate to re-stage William Blake's 'flop' of an exhibition
Tate Britain is to re-stage an exhibition by eccentric poet and painter William Blake 200 years after the original show was panned.
The sole published review described his one-man 1809 show of 16 paintings as a "farrago of nonsense".
Now the surviving 11 paintings are worth millions, while Blake - best known for writing Jerusalem - is lauded as the founding father of the Romantic movement.
Tate has managed to assemble nine of the fragile paintings for its free six-month exhibition, which opens at the gallery on Millbank in London in April.
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The sole published review described his one-man 1809 show of 16 paintings as a "farrago of nonsense".
Now the surviving 11 paintings are worth millions, while Blake - best known for writing Jerusalem - is lauded as the founding father of the Romantic movement.
Tate has managed to assemble nine of the fragile paintings for its free six-month exhibition, which opens at the gallery on Millbank in London in April.