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Watercolor of a pale figure falling headfirst past a cloudy cliff toward a dark sea, beside a printed poem block titled A Pindaric Ode.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."

Pale watercolor and ink show a figure plunging headfirst from a cloudy cliff toward a churning sea, with a printed verse block set in the upper left. Blake's design illustrates Thomas Gray's poem The Bard, and the lines about the leap are visible on the page.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3098 × 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 65 para los poemas de Thomas Gray

Acuarela y tinta pálidas muestran una figura que se precipita de cabeza desde un acantilado nublado hacia un mar agitado, con un bloque de versos impreso en la parte superior izquierda. El diseño de Blake ilustra el poema The Bard de Thomas Gray, y los versos sobre el salto son visibles en la página.

Português: O Bardo: desenho 65 para os poemas de Thomas Gray

Aquarela e tinta de tons pálidos mostram uma figura que mergulha de cabeça de um penhasco nublado em direção a um mar agitado, com um bloco de versos impresso no canto superior esquerdo. O desenho de Blake ilustra o poema The Bard de Thomas Gray, e os versos sobre o salto são visíveis na página.

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