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Engraving of a woman in a nightcap seated on a bed, with swirling dark drapes and a feathery plume-like shape above.

Canto V, Verse 43 - Blake engraving after Flaxman

An engraving shows a woman in a white nightcap and loose gown seated on the edge of a bed, looking down at a sheet. Large dark drapes swirl across the foreground, and a feathery, plume-like shape rises above them against a shadowed background.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1803
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2441 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1803; 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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