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Watercolor page: a woman in a long gown and hat leans on a staff beside a stone plinth and tree, with printed verses above.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

Pale watercolor and ink design on a page: a woman in a long gown and wide-brimmed hat leans on a tall staff beside a stone plinth, while a tree rises at left. A printed panel above holds verses headed The Epitaph. Soft washes of green and ochre fill the grass below.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3065 × 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: Elegía escrita en un cementerio de campo, diseño 115

Diseño en tinta y acuarela sobre papel: una mujer con vestido largo y sombrero de ala ancha se apoya en un bastón junto a un pedestal de piedra, con un árbol a la izquierda. Arriba, un recuadro impreso contiene los versos titulados The Epitaph. Aguadas suaves de verde y ocre cubren la hierba inferior.

Português: Elegia escrita num cemitério de aldeia, desenho 115

Desenho em aquarela e tinta sobre papel: uma mulher de vestido longo e chapéu de aba larga apoia-se em uma bengala ao lado de um pedestal de pedra, com uma árvore à esquerda. Acima, um painel impresso traz os versos intitulados The Epitaph. Aguadas suaves de verde e ocre preenchem a grama na parte inferior.

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