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blake-279	King, Shelley; Pierce, John B.	“Remarkable both for Genius, & Extravagance”: Amelia Opie and Blake’s Illustrations of the Book of Job	2021		.htm	application/xhtml+xml	3840	204	68	Elected an associate member of the Royal Academy in 1786 and a full member the following year, he promoted art as a public good, advocating in 1800 for the creation of a national gallery; he also delivered the Royal Academy lectures on painting in 1806.In the memoir published in Lectures on Painting … by the Late John Opie (1809), Amelia Opie writes, “He next published a letter in a daily paper It is readily identifiable by its inscription: “This work remarkable both for Genius, & Extravagance, is the gift of Amelia Opie to her friend David, whose own genius will make him prize the former, while his excellent Taste makes it impossible for him to imitate the latter—​Paris—​4me Mo 22me 1831” (see illus.	cache/blake-279.htm	txt/blake-279.txt