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Nude man seated on a rocky shore by water, beneath a printed verse panel in a pink and grey watercolor sky with green hills.

The Descent of Odin, Blake illustration for Gray's poems

A nude male figure sits on a rocky shore at the water's edge, head bowed and arm raised to his head, while a printed verse panel floats above in a pale sky. Pastel watercolor washes of pink, yellow and grey are laid over pen-and-ink lines, with green hills across a calm bay.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3043 × 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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