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Watercolor illustration of Eton schoolboys beside a tree: one running with a hoop, one reading, one lying on a branch, with a printed verse panel.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

Watercolor and ink illustration with a printed verse panel reading 'Of Eton College.' A boy in a red coat and yellow breeches runs beside a hoop, while another in a blue coat reads a book by a tree. A figure lies along a branch above, and a small face peeks from the trunk.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
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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: Oda a una vista lejana del Colegio de Eton, diseño 17 de Blake

Ilustración en acuarela y tinta con un panel de versos impreso que dice 'Of Eton College'. Un niño con chaqueta roja y calzones amarillos corre junto a un aro, mientras otro con casaca azul lee un libro junto a un árbol. Una figura yace sobre una rama en lo alto, y un rostro pequeño asoma desde el tronco.

Português: Ode a uma vista distante do Colégio de Eton, desenho 17 de Blake

Ilustração em aquarela e tinta com um painel de versos impresso com o título 'Of Eton College'. Um menino de casaco vermelho e calção amarelo corre ao lado de um aro, enquanto outro, de casaco azul, lê um livro junto a uma árvore. Uma figura deitada sobre um galho aparece no alto, e um rosto pequeno espia do tronco.

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