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Watercolor and pen drawing of a helmeted rider on a grey horse above a sprawled figure amid orange flames, with a printed poem page over the center.

Blake's Gray Design: Helmeted Rider and Flames, 1797

A helmeted rider on a grey horse looms above a pale figure sprawled in the foreground, with a raised arm and a sword-like blade near the flames. A printed poem page sits over the center, while pen and watercolor washes in grey, ochre, and orange render the scene.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3091 × 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 era1790s1797illustrationwatercolorflamespen and inkpoem pagerider on horsenorse mythologywilliam blakethomas gray

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