Frederick Tatham

[2] Tatham is most notable because after Blake's death, he looked after the poet's widow Catherine, who nominally worked as his housekeeper.

This claim brought him into conflict with another Ancient, John Linnell, who insisted that Blake's sister should have inherited them.

Shortly afterwards, Tatham joined a millenarian sect, becoming an Irvingite (follower of Edward Irving).

At this time his religious dogmatism led him to destroy a significant number of Blake's works in the belief that they had been inspired by the devil.

Frederick Tatham died at age 72 in his home at 45 Oak Village in the Kentish Town area of Northwest London.