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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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Drawings & Watercolors
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The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Young's Night Thoughts
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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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Exhibition History
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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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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Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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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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William Blake, 1757–1827
"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
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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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Mourner at the Tomb (Design 103)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Author Writing (Design 105)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
between 1797 and 1798
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797