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Engraving of a standing bare-chested man with a musket over his shoulders and a pipe in his mouth, with palm trees and small figures in the background.

"A Coromantyn Free Negro, or Ranger, armed" engraving by William Blake

An engraved print shows a standing man, bare-chested and wearing a loincloth and headwrap, with a musket resting across his shoulders and a pipe in his mouth. Palm trees and small distant figures appear across a flat landscape below, with a caption beneath the image.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1793
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2974 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1793; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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