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Watercolor illustration with a printed poem panel; a crowned bearded king at right, a robed figure at left, and reclining figures along the bottom.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."

A watercolour and ink illustration with a printed text panel headed 'A Pindaric Ode' set over a painted scene. A crowned, bearded king with flowing hair looms at right above a robed figure at left, while two figures recline in a sweep of blue and yellow along the bottom edge.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3010 × 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 59, de Los poemas de Thomas Gray

Una ilustración en acuarela y tinta con un panel de texto impreso titulado 'Una oda píndarica' sobre una escena pintada. Un rey barbudo con corona y cabello suelto aparece a la derecha, sobre una figura con túnica a la izquierda, mientras dos figuras reclinadas se extienden en azul y amarillo por el borde inferior.

Português: O Bardo, desenho 59, de Os poemas de Thomas Gray

Uma ilustração em aquarela e tinta com um painel de texto impresso intitulado 'Uma ode pindárica' sobreposto a uma cena pintada. Um rei barbudo coroado, de cabelos soltos, aparece à direita acima de uma figura de manto à esquerda, enquanto duas figuras reclinadas se estendem em azul e amarelo na borda inferior.

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