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Winged figure crouches with head bowed on a stone ledge; a nude man holds a child beside him under a dark, stormy sky.

Frontispiece to America: A Prophecy

A winged figure crouches with head bowed and arms over its knees on a stone ledge beneath a dark, stormy sky. At right, a nude man sits on a rock holding a small child close, while a rolled object lies at lower left.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1793
Medium
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2869 × 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.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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