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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Date
1797
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Collective Title
The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Period
18th century
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black ink
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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42
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32
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drawing
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watercolor
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literary theme
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religious and mythological subject
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literary theme
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serpent
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religious and mythological subject
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men
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snake
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dragon
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sea
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stars
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wings
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woman
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women
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angel
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armor
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arrows
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ball
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bat
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birds
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Berkshire
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England
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Eton College
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United Kingdom
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Windsor
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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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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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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
"Iron sleet of arrowy shower Hurtles in the darkened air..." (Design 71)
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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William Blake, 1757–1827
"Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)
between 1797 and 1798
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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
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798