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Watercolor design with a printed poem titled A Long Story on a stone wall, beside two women in pastel gowns, one wearing a blue hat and one raising a blue fan.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 27, "A Long Story."

A watercolor and ink design showing a printed poem panel titled "A Long Story" pinned against a pale stone wall, with a green vine at upper left. Two women in flowing pastel gowns embrace in the foreground, one in a blue hat and another raising a blue fan, while a cloud-streaked sky appears at the top.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3080 × 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: Una historia larga, diseño de Blake para los Poemas de Thomas Gray

Un diseño en acuarela y tinta que muestra un panel de poema impreso titulado "Una historia larga", colocado contra una pared de piedra pálida, con una vid verde en la parte superior izquierda. Dos mujeres con vestidos pastel y fluidos se abrazan en primer plano; una lleva un sombrero azul y la otra levanta un abanico azul, bajo un cielo con nubes.

Português: Uma História Longa, desenho de Blake para os Poemas de Thomas Gray

Um desenho em aquarela e tinta que mostra um painel de poema impresso intitulado "Uma História Longa", fixado em uma parede de pedra clara, com uma videira verde no canto superior esquerdo. Duas mulheres com vestidos pastel e fluidos abraçam-se em primeiro plano; uma usa um chapéu azul e a outra ergue um leque azul, sob um céu com nuvens.

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