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Watercolor design with a snake-haired figure above, a crouching hooded woman and shadowy figures below, and a printed verse panel.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 39, "Ode to Adversity."

A dramatic watercolor and ink design with a printed verse block titled Ode to Adversity. A snake-haired, Medusa-like figure with an open mouth looms above, while a hooded woman crouches below and a shadowy figure rises from a pit on the left.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3092 × 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: Diseño de Blake para la Oda a la adversidad de Gray (1797)

Un dramático diseño en acuarela y tinta con un bloque de versos impresos titulado Oda a la adversidad. Una figura de cabellera de serpientes, parecida a Medusa, con la boca abierta, se alza arriba, mientras una mujer encapuchada se agacha abajo y una figura sombría emerge de un foso a la izquierda.

Português: Desenho de Blake para a Ode à Adversidade de Gray (1797)

Um dramático desenho em aquarela e tinta com um bloco de versos impressos intitulado Ode à Adversidade. Uma figura de cabelos de serpentes, semelhante à Medusa, de boca aberta, ergue-se acima, enquanto uma mulher encapuzada se agacha embaixo e uma figura sombria surge de um poço à esquerda.

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