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Watercolor design with poem panel; a robed man holds a paper while a gravedigger with a shovel points upward.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 111, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

A watercolor and ink design shows a poem panel titled Country Church-Yard above two figures: a robed man in a blue cap holds a paper on the left, while a bare-chested gravedigger with a shovel points upward on the right. Green grass, a tree canopy, and grave mounds fill the scene, with a cottage at the right edge.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3079 × 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.
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Español: Poemas de Thomas Gray, diseño 111: Country Church-Yard

Un diseño en acuarela y tinta muestra un panel con poema titulado Country Church-Yard sobre dos figuras: un hombre con capa y gorra azul sostiene un papel a la izquierda, mientras un sepulturero sin camisa con una pala señala hacia arriba a la derecha. Hierba, árboles y montículos de tumbas llenan la escena, con una cabaña al borde derecho.

Português: Poemas de Thomas Gray, desenho 111: Country Church-Yard

Um desenho em aquarela e tinta mostra um painel de poema intitulado Country Church-Yard sobre duas figuras: um homem de capa e boina azul segura um papel à esquerda, enquanto um coveiro sem camisa com uma pá aponta para cima à direita. Grama verde, copas de árvores e montículos de túmulos ocupam a cena, com uma cabana à direita.

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