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Watercolor of a tall verse panel titled A Pindaric Ode, with a robed seated figure at center, a bearded old man at left, a woman at right, and dark clouds above.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, "The Bard."

Watercolor and pen illustration showing a tall text panel titled "A Pindaric Ode" set among seated figures. A long-haired figure in a rust-red robe raises his face at center, an elderly bearded man sits at lower left, and a woman sits at lower right beneath dark, swirling clouds.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3126 × 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 61, de Los poemas de Thomas Gray

Ilustración a la acuarela y tinta que muestra un alto panel de texto titulado "A Pindaric Ode", rodeado de figuras sentadas. Una figura de cabello largo, con túnica rojiza, alza el rostro en el centro; un anciano barbudo se sienta abajo a la izquierda, y una mujer abajo a la derecha, bajo nubes oscuras y arremolinadas.

Português: O Bardo, desenho 61, de Poemas de Thomas Gray

Ilustração em aquarela e tinta mostrando um alto painel de texto intitulado "A Pindaric Ode", cercado por figuras sentadas. Uma figura de cabelo comprido, em manto avermelhado, ergue o rosto ao centro; um velho barbudo está sentado embaixo à esquerda, e uma mulher embaixo à direita, sob nuvens escuras e turbulentas.

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