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Watercolor illustration of Eton schoolboys beside a tree: one running with a hoop, one reading, one lying on a branch, with a printed verse panel.

Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Blake Design 17

Watercolor and ink illustration with a printed verse panel reading 'Of Eton College.' A boy in a red coat and yellow breeches runs beside a hoop, while another in a blue coat reads a book by a tree. A figure lies along a branch above, and a small face peeks from the trunk.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
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Size
3099 × 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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