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Winged white Pegasus with a cloaked rider in misty sky; woman in white gestures at left; two seated figures in shadow below.

The Poet on Pegasus Entering the Realm of the Muses

A winged white horse, Pegasus, rises through a dim, misty sky carrying a cloaked rider, while a woman in flowing white robes gestures toward it on the left. Two seated figures sit in the shadowy foreground at lower left and right, rendered in soft, grainy tonal engraving.

Artist
Elbridge Kingsley
Date
by 1890
Medium
wood engraving
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2340 × 2560 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1889).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: El poeta en Pegaso entrando al reino de las musas

Un caballo blanco alado, Pegaso, se eleva por un cielo oscuro y brumoso llevando a un jinete envuelto en una capa, mientras una mujer con túnicas blancas y fluidas le hace un gesto desde la izquierda. Dos figuras sentadas ocupan el primer plano sombrío, a la izquierda abajo y a la derecha, en un grabado suave y granulado.

Português: O poeta em Pégaso entrando no reino das musas

Um cavalo branco alado, Pégaso, ergue-se por um céu escuro e nebuloso carregando um cavaleiro envolto em capa, enquanto uma mulher de vestes brancas e fluidas faz um gesto em sua direção à esquerda. Duas figuras sentadas ocupam o primeiro plano sombrio, à esquerda e à direita, em uma gravura suave e granulada.

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