The Progress of Poesy
William Blake
The Progress of Poesy, 1797
Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on paper
Courtesy of the Yale Center for British Art
A rainbow arches, but the sky doesn’t soften. In this illustration to Thomas Gray’s Pindaric Ode, William Blake casts the imagination as ascent: spectral muses float above a dreaming figure, while another stands poised between awe and surrender. Thought and vision meet in watercolor light. Send to someone who’s reaching - beyond the limits of a vulgar fate.
This artwork is currently held by the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
William Blake
The Progress of Poesy, 1797
Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on paper
Courtesy of the Yale Center for British Art
A rainbow arches, but the sky doesn’t soften. In this illustration to Thomas Gray’s Pindaric Ode, William Blake casts the imagination as ascent: spectral muses float above a dreaming figure, while another stands poised between awe and surrender. Thought and vision meet in watercolor light. Send to someone who’s reaching - beyond the limits of a vulgar fate.
This artwork is currently held by the Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
