jan 1, 1823 - Blake's health declines

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Despite a weakening of his overall health—characterized by frequent fevers and diarrhea—B. continued to work every day. He worked on Linnell’s commission to illustrate Dante’s Divine Comedy and Milton’s Paradise Lost and when unable to sit at his engraving table, B. would sketch the designs for these important new commissions while propped up in bed.

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