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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Period
18th century
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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brown ink
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drawing
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architectural subject
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Gothic architectural decoration
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Gothic churches
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Gothic interior decoration
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abbey
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ambulatory
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arches
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ball
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bat
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birds
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blind arches
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boys
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cave
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chapel
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City of Westminster
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Eton College
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Westminster
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Westminster Abbey
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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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William Blake: Burning Bright (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09-04 - 2025-12-07)
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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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Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey
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