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Born February 21, 1817 • Valladolid • Spain
Died January 23, 1893 (aged 75) • Madrid • Spain
Notable Works “Cantos del trovador” • “Don Juan Tenorio”
Movement / Style Romanticism

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
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