20th November 1752 birth of English poet and forger Thomas Chatterton, a child genius, Chatterton published imaginary 15th century poetry under the alias Thomas Rowley. Upon the failure of his other works, and being denounced as a forger by Horace Walpole, the author of the first Gothic novel ‘The Castle of Otranto’, Chatterton commited suicide at the age of 17 by drinking arsenic. He would become a role model and influence to the later Romantic poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and also the Pre-Raphaelite painters Dante Gabriel Rosetti, and Henry Wallis. Tarot Cards shown are from the Ofgraveconcern Industrial Sublime Tarot 1760 - 1848. A unique tarot deck inspired by the characters and actual history of the 18th and 19th centuries. See all the cards here: www.ofgraveconcern.com/industrialsublimetarot1760-1848 #thisweekinhistory #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #bornonthisday #thomaschatterton #deadpoets #18thcentury #18thcenturyhistory #romanticpoets #darkromantic #darkromanticism #darkromance #gothictales #tarotart #tarotcards #tarotdeck #tarotdecks #tarotprint #tarotillustration #historicalillustration #gothicliterature #thecastleofotranto #horacewalpole #percybyssheshelley #arsenic #samueltaylorcoleridge #williamwordsworth #johnkeats #preraphaelite #dantegabrielrossetti https://www.instagram.com/p/CWeJCEOPvVp/?utm_medium=tumblr
