Blake and the sculptor John Flaxman became friends as students at the Royal Academy. This letter to Mrs. Flaxman from Mrs. Blake, who was probably illiterate, was written only a few days before the Blakes moved from Lambeth to Felpham. Blake's poem, shown on the left, is an invitation for them to come for a visit, "Away to Sweet Felpham for Heaven is there / The Ladder of angels descends thro the air."
The first page of the letter has been reproduced on old paper and laid to the side.
Catherine Blake (1761-1831), Autograph letter, dated Lambeth, 14 September 1800, to Mrs. John Flaxman, in the hand of William Blake, MA 6048