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Watercolour illustration of a laurel-crowned bearded bard beside a printed poem panel, with a pale face in swirling water at lower left.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 57, "The Bard."

A bearded, laurel-crowned old man with flowing white hair and robes dominates the right side, while a pale face with wild hair rises from swirling water at lower left. A printed text panel titled A Pindaric Ode sits at center among pale watercolour washes and loose pen lines, in a Romantic illustration style.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3072 × 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: El bardo, diseño 57 de los poemas de Thomas Gray

Un anciano barbudo coronado de laurel, con cabello y túnica blancos y fluidos, domina el lado derecho, mientras un rostro pálido de cabello revuelto emerge de aguas arremolinadas abajo a la izquierda. Un panel de texto impreso titulado Oda Píndarica se sitúa al centro entre aguadas de acuarela pálidas y trazos de pluma sueltos, en estilo de ilustración romántica.

Português: O Bardo, desenho 57 dos poemas de Thomas Gray

Um velho barbudo coroado de louros, com cabelos e vestes brancos e fluidos, domina o lado direito, enquanto um rosto pálido de cabelos revoltos surge de águas redemoinhadas à esquerda inferior. Um painel de texto impresso intitulado Ode Píndarica fica ao centro, entre aguadas de aquarela claras e traços soltos de pena, em estilo de ilustração romântica.

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