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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Vaslet, Lewis, 1742–1808
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Young's Night Thoughts
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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The Spoiled Child
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18th century
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watercolor
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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 (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
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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Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
The Spoiled Child, Scene IV
ca. 1802