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Black and white engraved procession of mounted pilgrims in period dress passing a stone gatehouse under a cloudy sky, with a printed title along the bottom edge.

Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims engraving

A long horizontal engraving shows a procession of mounted pilgrims in medieval-style dress moving past a stone gatehouse on the left, under a cloudy sky with a distant spire. Fine cross-hatched lines model the horses and riders, and a printed inscription runs along the lower edge of the sheet.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1810
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 1383 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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