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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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Date
1797
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Drawings & Watercolors
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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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watercolor
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wove paper
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42
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32
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drawing
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man
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trees
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vines
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beard
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branches
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angels
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clouds
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Exhibition History
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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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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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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Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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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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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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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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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Bard Weaving Edwards Fate (Design 55)
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
The Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
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