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Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Title:

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 101, "Ode for Music."

Additional Title(s):

Verso: The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 102, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."

Part Of:

Collective Title: The Poems of Thomas Gray

Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Medium:
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: "9"; in graphite center: "x"; on verso in black ink upper left: "10"; in black ink center: "Epitaph | 1. The mourner at the tomb | 2. Her infant image here below | Sits smiling on a Fathers woe"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.11(51)
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
angel | banner | boat | flag | gown | Horn (Musical instrument) | literary theme | man | night | religious and mythological subject | rowboat | sail | sky | star | text | tree | trumpet | water | waves (natural events) | wings | woman
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3582
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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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