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Colored engraving of a crowded London street on May Day, with a man in a red coat, a jester, dogs and onlookers.

May-Day in London

A hand-colored engraving shows a crowded London street on May Day, with revelers in festive dress gathering around a man in a red coat and tricorn hat. A woman in a yellow skirt, a figure in a patchwork jester costume, and small dogs fill the foreground, while people lean from upper windows of brick buildings.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1784
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1920 × 1603 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1784; 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)

Español: Primero de Mayo en Londres

Un grabado coloreado a mano muestra una calle concurrida de Londres el Primero de Mayo, con festejantes vestidos de fiesta reunidos alrededor de un hombre con casaca roja y sombrero tricornio. Una mujer con falda amarilla, una figura con traje de bufón de retazos y perros pequeños llenan el primer plano, mientras personas asoman desde las ventanas superiores de edificios de ladrillo.

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