Keywords: William Blake - The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 7, "Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat." - Google Art Project.jpg watercolor pen ink black graphite paper cream Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick moderately textured cream wove paper London 1757 London 1827 William male 2369124 Blake British 1757 - 1827 /collection/yale-center-for-british-art/artwork/the-poems-of-thomas-gray-design-7-ode-on-the-death-of-a-favourite-cat-william-blake/2388322/ William Blake Artist /artist/william-blake/4130035/ 4130035 /collection/yale-center-for-british-art/ Yale Center for British Art 2305845 http //britishart yale edu/ 2/23/2012 9 50 37 PM /collection/yale-center-for-british-art/artwork/the-poems-of-thomas-gray-design-7-ode-on-the-death-of-a-favourite-cat-william-blake/2388322/ 1797 between 1797 and 1798 fish cat domestic cat water scales text corset historical subject Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick slightly textured cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page 419 2388322 False 1798 3/24/2012 4 51 50 PM YCBA/lido-TMS-3661 http //collections britishart yale edu/vufind/Record/1667924 Yale Center for British Art Paul Mellon Collection painting 1790 1800 Felpham Creation w324 x h419 cm between 1797 and 1798 False 0 76171875 Volume the-poems-of-thomas-gray-design-7-ode-on-the-death-of-a-favourite-cat-william-blake The Poems of Thomas Gray Design 7 Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat p 324 Inscribed in gray ink upper right 1 ; on verso in black ink upper left 2 ; in gray ink center Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Design 1 'Midst the tide Two Angel forms were seen to glide' 2 'Demurest of the Tabby Kind ' 3 'The pensive Selima Her Ears of Jet Emrald Eyes She saw purr'd applause' 4 'Still had she gazd but midst the tide Two angel forms were seen to glide The hapless nymph with wonder saw A Whisker first then a Claw c ' 5 Malignant Fate sat by smild The slippery verge her feet beguild She tumbled headlong in' 6 'Nine times emerging from the flood 'She mew'd to every watry God' Inscription _Signed_and_Dated Not signed not dated Not on View Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick slightly textured cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page fish cat domestic cat water scales text corset historical subject special url_id jAGQajTKJt4EAw PD-old-100-1923 1827 Google Art Project works by William Blake William Blake's illustrations to Thomas Gray's Poems 007 |