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In 1782, he married an illiterate woman named Catherine Boucher. After his seven-year term ended, he studied briefly at the Royal Academy. One of Blake's assignments as apprentice was to sketch the tombs at Westminster Abbey, exposing him to a variety of Gothic styles from which he would draw inspiration throughout his career. When he turned fourteen, he apprenticed with an engraver because art school proved too costly.

Two years later, Blake began writing poetry. At age ten, Blake expressed a wish to become a painter, so his parents sent him to drawing school. Although his parents tried to discourage him from "lying," they did observe that he was different from his peers and did not force him to attend conventional school. From early childhood, Blake spoke of having visions-at four he saw God "put his head to the window" around age nine, while walking through the countryside, he saw a tree filled with angels. William Blake was born in London on November 28, 1757, to James, a hosier, and Catherine Blake.