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Colour print of pale, elongated figures gathered around a bearded elder with a staff who points toward a red and blue sky.

Joseph of Arimathea Preaching to the Britons

A crowd of pale, elongated figures in loose robes and bare skin fills a colour-washed scene under a red and blue sky. An elder with a long white beard and a staff points toward the sky above, while figures with raised arms and bowed heads gather around him.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1794
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 2800 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1794; 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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