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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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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Young, Edward, 1683–1765
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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Collective Title
The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Young's Night Thoughts
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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watercolor
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wove paper
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graphite
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black ink
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pen
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Exhibition History
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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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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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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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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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
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
"Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)
between 1797 and 1798
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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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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Midst the tide, Two angel forms were seen to glide..." (Design 7)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)
between 1797 and 1798
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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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
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
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
between 1797 and 1798
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797
1797
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Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight
1797
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
The Old Bridge in Devon
between 1797 and 1801
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Carnarvon Castle, North Wales
1797