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Pen and wash drawing of a helmeted rider on a horse raising a sword beside a snarling wolf-like beast, with a printed poem page in the center.

The Descent of Odin, Blake's Gray Illustration

A pen and wash illustration shows a helmeted rider on a dark horse raising a sword, while a snarling wolf-like beast crouches at lower left. A printed text block with the title 'The Descent of Odin, An Ode' and opening verse sits at center in muted brown and gray tones.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3089 × 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)

Norse and Northern MythsWilliam Blake18th centuryromantic art1790s1797illustrationwatercolorpen and washwolfrider on horsebacknorse mythologythe descent of odinwilliam blakethomas gray

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