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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Period
18th century
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black ink
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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Height [cm]
42
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Width [cm]
32
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drawing
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watercolor
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literary theme
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religious and mythological subject
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historical subject
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hat
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text
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women
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trees
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boy
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boys
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children
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beard
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cane
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clouds
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grass
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leaf
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sky
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staff (walking stick)
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tomb
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Berkshire
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England
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Eton College
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United Kingdom
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Windsor
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Exhibition History
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." (Design 21)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"A brace of warriors... rustling in their silks and tissues..."(Design 27)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)
between 1797 and 1798