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Engraving of mounted pilgrims riding along a road past a gothic gatehouse under a dark sky, with title lettering below.

The Canterbury Pilgrims

A long horizontal engraving of a procession of mounted pilgrims moving along a road past a gothic gatehouse at left, under a dark, cloudy sky. Riders in period dress crowd the foreground, with the title lettering beneath the scene in the lower center.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1810
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 1436 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1810; 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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