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Watercolour illustration of a laurel-crowned bearded bard beside a printed poem panel, with a pale face in swirling water at lower left.

The Bard, Design 57 from Thomas Gray's Poems

A bearded, laurel-crowned old man with flowing white hair and robes dominates the right side, while a pale face with wild hair rises from swirling water at lower left. A printed text panel titled A Pindaric Ode sits at center among pale watercolour washes and loose pen lines, in a Romantic illustration style.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3072 × 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)

William Blake18th century1790s1797watercolorpen and inklaurel wreathpindaric oderomantic illustrationthe bardpoetry illustrationbritish artwilliam blakethomas gray

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