Mean daily maximum temperature - deg C: 38.5: Highest daily Max Temp - deg C: 45.1: Mean daily minimum temperature - deg C: 22.3: Lowest daily Min Temp - deg C: 12.7: Mean monthly rainfall - mm: 15.9: Mean no. of raindays: 3.5: Highest monthly rainfall - mm: 58.6: Lowest monthly rainfall - mm: 0.6: Mean no. of clear days: 10.8: Mean no. of cloudy days: 6.8
Blake married Catherine â who was five years his junior â on 18 August 1782 in St. Mary's Church, Battersea. Illiterate, Catherine signed her wedding contract with an 'X'. They remained together until his death in 1827. Blake taught her to read and write, and also to use his printing-press.
Anderson's 'Punch Drunk Love.' Blake died at 35 years old, seven days after the suicide of his girlfriend of 12 years Theresa Duncan. He was found off New York's Rockaway Beach, leaving the art world to postulate conspiracies behind the art darlings' double suicide. Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) was a young surrealist photographer who captured her self-portait as female body trapped in domestic space.