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Three draped figures with golden scaled sleeves stand beside a printed poem, with a dark grey horse-headed figure at right, in pen and wash.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 75, "The Fatal Sisters."

Three draped female figures, seen from behind, with golden scale-patterned sleeves stand in a row beneath a printed verse block titled "An Ode." A dark grey, horse-headed figure looms at right, drawn in pen and grey and blue wash on pale paper.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3087 × 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 figuras femeninas drapeadas, vistas de espaldas, con mangas de escamas doradas, se alinean bajo un bloque de versos impreso titulado "An Ode". A la derecha se alza una figura gris oscura con cabeza de caballo, dibujada a pluma y aguada gris y azul sobre papel pálido.

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

Três figuras femininas drapeadas, vistas de costas, com mangas de escamas douradas, ficam lado a lado sob um bloco de versos impresso intitulado "An Ode". À direita, uma figura cinza-escura com cabeça de cavalo se ergue, desenhada a pena e aguada cinza e azul sobre papel claro.

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