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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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Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
between 1797 and 1798
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Fame (Design 93)
between 1797 and 1798
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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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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)
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 Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)
between 1797 and 1798