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Watercolor of a white-bearded bard in a star-speckled blue robe beside a harp, with a printed title page reading The Bard, A Pindaric Ode.

The Bard: Blake's Design for Gray's Pindaric Ode

A watercolor and ink design showing a white-bearded bard in a dark blue robe scattered with stars, standing beside a tall harp. A printed title page reading 'The Bard, A Pindaric Ode' rests over the harp, with a cloudy, rocky landscape and dark trees behind.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3090 × 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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