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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Ferneley, John E., 1782–1860
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Baynes, James, 1766–1837
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Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
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Edridge, Henry, 1769–1821
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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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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18th century-19th century
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19th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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watercolor
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black ink
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gouache
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pen
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Caernarfon Castle
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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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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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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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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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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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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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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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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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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Painting Networks - Romantic and Victorian Watercolors (Chazen Museum of Art, 2012-09-22 - 2012-12-02)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1990-06-23 - 1990-08-05)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Art Museum, 1990-04-21 - 1990-06-03)
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Thomas Rowlandson (Art Services Int'l) (The Frick Collection, 1990-02-10 - 1990-04-08)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
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
"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 did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
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 wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)
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
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
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
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
The Author Writing (Design 105)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)
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
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise." (Design 21)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)
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
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
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Attributed to William Havell, 1782–1857
Welsh Landscape
undated
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John Ferneley, 1782–1860
A Meet of the Quorn at Garrendon Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire
undated
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John Ferneley, 1782–1860
The Duke of Cumberland Riding With Mr. de Burgh's Hunt
undated
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Vauxhall Stairs, from Millbank, July 5, 1797
1797
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
The Entrance to Chepstow Castle
ca. 1802
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
A Group of Trees by a Fence
undated
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James Baynes, 1766–1837
Rocks with Central Cavern Among Trees
1797
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Castle in a Landscape
undated
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
The Norfolk Broads
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
River Landscape with a Single Arched Bridge
1797
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
The Old Bridge in Devon
between 1797 and 1801
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Mr. Drummond's Cottage, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Entrance to Festiniog, Wales
1797
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Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Portrait of a Lady Standing near a Lake
ca. 1802
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Mountainous Landscape, North Wales
ca. 1802
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Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Michelham, Surrey
1797
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pupil of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Study of Trees
undated
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attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Hever Castle, Kent
undated
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
River and Windmill
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Carnarvon Castle, North Wales
1797