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Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Text by Thomas Gray, 1716–1771
Title:
"My Lade rose, and with a grace– She smil'd, and bid him come to dinner..." (Design 33)
Additional Title(s):

Verso: "And guard us from long-winded Lubbers..." (Design 34)

A Long Story
Part Of:

Collective Title: The Poems of Thomas Gray

Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink upper right: "11"; in graphite center: "x"; on verso in gray ink upper left: "12"; in graphite center: "x"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(17)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cards | chair | dresses | games, card | groups, social | hats | literary theme | man | men | pew | sermon | table | text | women
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3621
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Colin Cross, Blake revealed, William Blake : Discovery of a Masterwork , Observer, vol. 12, November 21, 1971, pp. 19-23, V 1245 Detached from Observer colour magazine [ORBIS]

John Russell, Blake the Craftsman, Art , Sunday Times, Issue no. 7749, December 12, 1971, p. 27, Sunday Times Digital Archive [ORBIS]

Arnold Fawcus, Unknown Watercolours by William Blake, Illustrated London News, vol. 259, No. 6881, December 25, 1971, pp. 45-46, 49-51, Illustrated London News Historical Archive [ORBIS]


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