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Watercolor of a man in yellow breeches reaching toward a tree beside a hill, with a printed poem panel and a reclining nude figure above.

Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College, Blake design

A watercolor and ink illustration shows a man in yellow breeches reaching up toward a tree branch beside a rocky hillside, his hat raised in one hand. A printed text panel titled "Ode on Eton College" sits on the hill, and a reclining nude figure lies atop the rock above it.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3097 × 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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