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Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title:
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."
Additional Title(s):
Verso: The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 96, "Ode for Music."
Part Of:

Collective Title: The Poems of Thomas Gray

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 black ink upper right: "3"; in graphite center: "X"; on verso in black ink upper left: "4"; in graphite center: "+"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(48)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
angel | bodies | chains | chair | clouds | flowers (plants) | garden | lightning | literary theme | lyre | men | mythological figures | religious and mythological subject | scales | sea | serpent | sky | stars | text | vines
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3689
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Colin Cross, Blake revealed, William Blake : Discovery of a Masterwork , Observer, vol. 12, November 21, 1971, pp. 19-23, V 1245 Detached from Observer colour magazine [ORBIS]

Arnold Fawcus, Unknown Watercolours by William Blake, Illustrated London News, vol. 259, No. 6881, December 25, 1971, pp. 45-46, 49-51, Illustrated London News Historical Archive [ORBIS]


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