William Blake's Water-Colours Illustrating the Poems of Thomas Gray

by William Blake

Book Overview

At the dawn of the 19th century, Blake created this imaginative series of 116 watercolors to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray. Including such popular poems as Elegy in a Country Churchyard and Ode... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879556005
• ISBN13: 9780879556006
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Ohara Publications
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.

Customer Reviews

With all 116 plates originally in the Trianon Press edition

Blake created his series of 116 watercolors at the turn of the century to illustrate 13 poems by Thomas Gray: this reproduces his watercolors in an affordable edition, allowing a much wider audience access to his works. Blake's Watercolours For The Poems Of Thomas Gray republishes all 116 plates originally in the Trianon Press edition.