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

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Written by: Clara HartmannSenior Specialist · Antiquities
Old Master Drawings · Catalogue no. 945401
William Blake

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

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Artist / MakerWilliam Blake
Date1797
TypeWatercolor
CollectionYale Center for British Art
LocationYale Center for British Art
About the Artist

BiographyWilliam Blake (1757–1827) — English poet and artist (1757–1827).William Blake worked as painter, poet, theologian, collector and printmaker and is associated with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Kingdom of Great Britain. Their documented life spans the years 1757 to 1827, born in London, died in Charing Cross. Their work is linked to Romanticism, fairy painting.Disciplinespainter, poet, theologian, collector, printmakerBorn1757, LondonDied1827, Charing CrossNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great BritainMovementRomanticism, fairy paintingSources: Wikidata · Wikipedia Full biography →

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