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Blair, Robert, 1699–1746
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Cromek, Robert Hartley, 1770–1812
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Dance, George, 1741–1825
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Daniell, William, 1769–1837
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Phillips, Thomas, 1770–1845
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Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765–1810
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male
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The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair
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19th century
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wove paper
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chine collé
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soft-ground etching
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chair
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Blake, William (1757–1827), engraver, artist, and poet
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Boswell, James (1740–1795), lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson
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Exhibition History
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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Daniell, 1769–1837
James Boswell
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Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
William Blake, Frontispiece
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