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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Young's Night Thoughts
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18th century
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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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
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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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797