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Watercolor and pen illustration: a printed poem panel under a dark cloud, a robed figure looking up at right, a bent worker and horse, and a church spire at left.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

A pen and watercolor design showing a text block of Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard beneath a large dark cloud, with a robed figure gazing upward at right. A bent figure works near a horse, while a church spire rises at left under a pale sky.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3076 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1797; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Diseño de Blake para la Elegía de Gray en el cementerio

Un diseño a pluma y acuarela que muestra un bloque de texto de la Elegía escrita en un cementerio de campo de Thomas Gray, bajo una gran nube oscura, con una figura con túnica que mira hacia arriba a la derecha. Una figura encorvada trabaja cerca de un caballo, mientras una aguja de iglesia se eleva a la izquierda bajo un cielo pálido.

Português: Ilustração de Blake para a Elegia de Gray no cemitério

Um desenho a pena e aquarela que mostra um bloco de texto da Elegia Escrita em um Cemitério de Campo, de Thomas Gray, sob uma grande nuvem escura, com uma figura de manto olhando para cima à direita. Uma figura curvada trabalha perto de um cavalo, enquanto uma torre de igreja se ergue à esquerda sob um céu pálido.

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