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Watercolor illustration with a printed poem panel; a crowned bearded king at right, a robed figure at left, and reclining figures along the bottom.

The Bard, Design 59, from The Poems of Thomas Gray

A watercolour and ink illustration with a printed text panel headed 'A Pindaric Ode' set over a painted scene. A crowned, bearded king with flowing hair looms at right above a robed figure at left, while two figures recline in a sweep of blue and yellow along the bottom edge.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3010 × 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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