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Watercolor of gnarled dark trees with three winged harpies perched in branches and two cloaked figures standing below.

The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides

Watercolor over pencil shows gnarled dark trees with three winged harpies with human faces perched in their branches. Two cloaked figures stand in a clearing at the center, while a tree at right bears a human face in its trunk.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1824
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1198 × 838 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1824; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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