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Engraving of swordsmen in a crowded room, a fireplace at left, onlookers around them and a woman standing above.

The Discomfited Duellists

A black-and-white engraving showing a group of men in eighteenth-century dress brandishing swords in a crowded room, with a fireplace at left and a map on the wall. Others crowd around, a woman stands above on a ledge, and a hat lies on the floor in the foreground.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1784
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3840 × 3127 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1784; 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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