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Three white-haired women in gold scaled bodices and grey gowns stand in a row, with a printed title slip at center reading The Fatal Sisters.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters."

Three pale, white-haired women in gold scale-patterned bodices and long grey gowns stand side by side before a grey wash background. A printed title slip at center reads "The Fatal Sisters. An Ode," and tall spears rise at the edges, in pen and watercolor.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
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Size
3106 × 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: Las hermanas fatales, diseño de Blake para los poemas de Gray

Tres mujeres de piel pálida y cabello blanco, con corpiños dorados de escamas y largos vestidos grises, están de pie una junto a otra frente a un fondo de aguada gris. Una hoja impresa en el centro lee "The Fatal Sisters. An Ode", y lanzas altas se elevan en los bordes, hechas con pluma y acuarela.

Português: As Irmãs Fatais, desenho de Blake para os poemas de Gray

Três mulheres de pele pálida e cabelos brancos, com corpetes dourados de escamas e longos vestidos cinza, ficam lado a lado diante de um fundo de aguada cinza. Uma folha impressa no centro traz "The Fatal Sisters. An Ode", e lanças altas se erguem nas bordas, feitas a pena e aquarela.

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