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Engraving of a bearded man's sculpted bust in profile facing right, wearing a laurel wreath, with a printed caption below.

Theocritus bust engraving, 1821

An engraved plate shows a sculpted bust of the bearded poet Theocritus in profile facing right, his hair bound with a laurel wreath, resting on a plinth. Beneath the image, a printed English caption names him and summarizes his life, with an engraver's signature in the corner.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1821
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1006 × 1920 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1821; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: CC0

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): William Blake, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

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