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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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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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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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The Spoiled Child
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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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literary theme
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marine art
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England
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Great Yarmouth
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Norfolk
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Exhibition History
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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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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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
'Measuring his motions by revolving spheres' (Page 26)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Widower and Children (Design 35)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
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
A Circular Dance (Design 23)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
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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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pensive Selima, "Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes, She saw; and purr'd applause..." (Design 9)
between 1797 and 1798
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Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
The Spoiled Child, Scene V
ca. 1802
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797
1797