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Blake, William, 1757â1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716â1771
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1960
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1864
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1754
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1784
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1877
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1697
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1712
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1797
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1815
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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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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42
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32
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drawing
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watercolor
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literary theme
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ball
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birds
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boys
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cave
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hoop
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trees
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Berkshire
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Eton College
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Windsor
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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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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, 1757â1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798