Blake's Water-Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray: With Complete TextsCourier Corporation, 2013 M12 31 - 128 pages At the dawn of the 19th century, Blake created this imaginative series of 116 watercolors to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray. Including such popular poems as "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" and "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat," these rarely exhibited treasures remained exclusively in the hands of collectors for close to 175 years. This is the first inexpensive, full-color reproduction, with the complete text of the poems. |
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With Complete Texts William Blake. Blake's Water- Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray With Complete Texts BLAKE'S WATER - COLOURS FOR THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY. Front Cover.
With Complete Texts William Blake. Blake's Water- Colours for the Poems of Thomas Gray With Complete Texts BLAKE'S WATER - COLOURS FOR THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY. Front Cover.
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With Complete Texts William Blake. BLAKE'S WATER - COLOURS FOR THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY With Complete Texts WILLIAM BLAKE DOVER PUBLICATIONS , INC . Mineola , New York Copyright Note copyright © 2000 by Dover Publications , Inc.
With Complete Texts William Blake. BLAKE'S WATER - COLOURS FOR THE POEMS OF THOMAS GRAY With Complete Texts WILLIAM BLAKE DOVER PUBLICATIONS , INC . Mineola , New York Copyright Note copyright © 2000 by Dover Publications , Inc.
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... Gray , originally published in 1972 in a limited edition of 518 copies by the Trianon Press for the William Blake ... Gray ] Blake's water - colours for the poems of Thomas Gray with complete texts / William Blake . p . cm . Originally ...
... Gray , originally published in 1972 in a limited edition of 518 copies by the Trianon Press for the William Blake ... Gray ] Blake's water - colours for the poems of Thomas Gray with complete texts / William Blake . p . cm . Originally ...
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... Gray , commissioned by John Flaxman for his wife Ann , have survived at all since their completion in about 1798. They were even — in a sense — res- cued after being " lost " to the eyes of the world , since the series was not printed ...
... Gray , commissioned by John Flaxman for his wife Ann , have survived at all since their completion in about 1798. They were even — in a sense — res- cued after being " lost " to the eyes of the world , since the series was not printed ...
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