Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Title:
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."
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: "11"; in graphite upper center: "+"; on verso in gray ink upper left: "12"; in graphite center: "+"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(32)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
stairs | knight (landholder) | women | feather | crown (costume component) | men | literary theme | helmets | star | men | queen (person) | book | princess | religious and mythological subject | armor | angels | clouds | text | wings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
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

John Russell, Blake the Craftsman, Art , Sunday Times, Issue no. 7749, December 12, 1971, p. 27, Sunday Times Digital Archive

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
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3654