Edwin Ellis
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Edwin John Ellis was a British poet and illustrator, now remembered mostly for the three-volume collection of the works of William Blake
he edited with W. B. Yeats.
Ellis was a long-term friend of John Butler Yeats
, and met his son William Butler when the Yeats family moved to Bedford Park
in London. The study of Blake, with Ellis, proved an intellectual investment for Yeats the son on which he drew in later years.
Ellis took part in the gatherings of the Rhymers' Club
, and contributed to their anthologies. Other than that, he was in an association with John Trivett Nettleship
, and Sidney Hall, also followers of Blake, as well as John Butler Yeats and George Wilson (1848-1890, a Scottish Pre-Raphaelite inspired artist), called The Brotherhood.
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
he edited with W. B. Yeats.
Ellis was a long-term friend of John Butler Yeats
John Butler Yeats
John Butler Yeats was an Irish artist and the father of William Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Lollie Yeats and Jack B. Yeats. He is probably best known for his portrait of the young William Butler Yeats which is one of a number of his portraits of Irishmen and women in the Yeats museum in the National...
, and met his son William Butler when the Yeats family moved to Bedford Park
Bedford Park, London
Bedford Park is a suburban development in west London, England. It forms a conservation area that is mostly within the London Borough of Ealing, with a small part to the east within the London Borough of Hounslow. The nearest underground station is Turnham Green .-History:It can be justly described...
in London. The study of Blake, with Ellis, proved an intellectual investment for Yeats the son on which he drew in later years.
Ellis took part in the gatherings of the Rhymers' Club
Rhymers' Club
The Rhymers' Club was a group of London-based poets, founded in 1890 by W. B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys. Originally not much more than a dining club, it produced anthologies of poetry in 1892 and 1894...
, and contributed to their anthologies. Other than that, he was in an association with John Trivett Nettleship
John Trivett Nettleship
John Trivett Nettleship was an English artist, known as a painter of animals and in particular lions, and author.-Life:...
, and Sidney Hall, also followers of Blake, as well as John Butler Yeats and George Wilson (1848-1890, a Scottish Pre-Raphaelite inspired artist), called The Brotherhood.
Works
- Facsimile of the original outlines before colouring of the Songs of Innocence and of Experience executed by William Blake 1893
- The works of William Blake, poetic, symbolic and critical 1893 (with W B Yeats)
- The Real Blake; a portrait biography, 1907
- Fate in Arcadia
- Seen in Three Days
- Sancan the Bard