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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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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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graphite
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line engraving
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watercolor
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drawing
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literary theme
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religious and mythological subject
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text
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angel
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men
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women
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man
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nudes
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clouds
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night
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woman
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book
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children
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grass
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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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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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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 - 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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)
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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam..." (Design 47)
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
The Three Fatal Sisters (Design 67)
between 1797 and 1798