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Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Text by Thomas Gray, 1716–1771
Title:
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
Additional Title(s):

Verso: A Battle (Design 76)

The Fatal Sisters
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: "9"; in graphite center: "x"; on verso in black ink upper left: "10"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(38)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
armor | arrows | bodies | dead | feathers | helmets | horses (animals) | knights | lances | literary theme | men | mounting | religious and mythological subject | spears | swords | text | women
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3667
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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]

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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