- Title:
- The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."
- 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 gray ink upper right: "5"; in graphite upper center: "+"; on verso in black ink upper left: "6"; in graphite center: "+"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1992.8.11(9)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- ball | bat | birds | boys | cave | girls | hat | hoop | literary theme | men | monsters | nest (animal architecture) | night | serpent | stick | text | trees | wings | women
- Associated Places:
- Berkshire | England | Eton College | United Kingdom | Windsor
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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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
John Russell, Blake the Craftsman, Art , Sunday Times, Issue no. 7749, December 12, 1971, p. 27, Available online : Sunday Times Digital Archive
Arnold Fawcus, Unknown Watercolours by William Blake, Illustrated London News, vol. 259, No. 6881, December 25, 1971, p. 50 and p. 51, Available online: Illus London News Hist. Archiv
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:3604
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William Blake, 1757–1827, British, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.", between 1797 and 1798
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