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Watercolor page: a woman in a long gown and hat leans on a staff beside a stone plinth and tree, with printed verses above.

Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard, Design 115

Pale watercolor and ink design on a page: a woman in a long gown and wide-brimmed hat leans on a tall staff beside a stone plinth, while a tree rises at left. A printed panel above holds verses headed The Epitaph. Soft washes of green and ochre fill the grass below.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3065 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1797; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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