Blake's illustrations to the poems of Gray

Blake's illustrations to the poems of Gray /

The 116 water-color illustrations to Thomas Gray's poems are among Blake's major achievements as an illustrator. They were commissioned in 1797 by Blake's friend, the sculptor John Flaxman, as a gift for his wife Ann, to whom Blake addressed the poem that ends the series. The commissi...

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Author / Contributor: Tayler, Irene (Author)
Imprint: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1971.
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Blake, William, > 1757-1827, > illustrator.
Gray, Thomas, > 1716-1771 > Illustrations.
English poetry > Illustrations.
Blake, William, > 1757-1827.
Gray, Thomas, > 1716-1771.
English poetry.
Pictures.
Illustrated works.
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The expanding language. "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College"
  • Pt. 2. Early poems. "Ode on the Spring"
  • "Ode on the death of a Favourite Cat"
  • "A Long Story"
  • "Ode to Adversity"
  • Pt. 3. Later poems. "The Progress of Poesy"
  • "The Bard"
  • "The Fatal Sisters"
  • "The Descent of Odin"
  • "The Triumph of Owen"
  • "Ode for Music"
  • "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke"
  • Pt. 4. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

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