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- Title:
- The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 3, "Ode on the Spring."
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 4, "Ode on the Spring."
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1797 and 1798
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink upper right: "3"; on verso in gray ink upper left: "4"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.11(2)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angels | babies | branches | flowers (plants) | grass | leaf | literary theme | lyre | man | men | mothers | nude | nudes | religious and mythological subject | roots | seasons | spring | star | text | trees | vines | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3617
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