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Engraved profile bust of a young man facing left, with curly short hair and a draped garment, framed by a printed border with a caption below.

Octavius Augustus Cæsar

An engraved profile view of a bust of a young man facing left, with short wavy curled hair and a draped garment across the shoulders. A printed caption in small italic type runs beneath the rectangular border, identifying the subject as Octavius Augustus Caesar, with the engraver's signature in the corner.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1821
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1044 × 1920 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1821; 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)

Español: Octavio Augusto César, busto de perfil grabado

Una vista de perfil grabada de un busto de un hombre joven que mira hacia la izquierda, con cabello corto, ondulado y rizado, y una prenda drapeada sobre los hombros. Un texto impreso en cursiva pequeña corre debajo del marco rectangular, identificando al retratado como Octavio Augusto César, con la firma del grabador en la esquina.

Português: Otávio Augusto César, busto de perfil gravado

Uma vista de perfil gravada de um busto de um jovem voltado para a esquerda, com cabelo curto, ondulado e encaracolado, e uma veste drapeada sobre os ombros. Uma legenda impressa em itálico pequeno percorre a parte inferior da moldura retangular, identificando o retratado como Otávio Augusto César, com a assinatura do gravador no canto.

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