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Engraved interior scene of women and girls in 18th-century dress at a table, with a child held by a standing woman beside a paneled wall.

The Morning Amusements of her Royal Highness

An engraved interior shows a woman in a white gown and feathered headdress seated at a table with three girls, and a standing woman who holds a small child. Fine hatched lines model the draped dresses and wall sconce, and a printed caption along the bottom edge carries the date 1777.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1782
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3798 × 3233 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1782; 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: Entretenimientos matutinos de la Princesa Real y sus hermanas

Un grabado de interior muestra a una mujer de vestido blanco y tocado de plumas sentada a una mesa con tres niñas, y a una mujer de pie que sostiene a un niño. Líneas finas de sombreado modelan los vestidos drapeados y el candelabro de pared, y una leyenda impresa en el borde inferior indica la fecha 1777.

Português: Passatempos matinais da Princesa Real e suas irmãs

Uma gravura de interior mostra uma mulher de vestido branco e toucado de penas sentada a uma mesa com três meninas, e uma mulher em pé que segura uma criança pequena. Linhas finas de hachura modelam os vestidos drapeados e o candelabro de parede, e uma legenda impressa na borda inferior traz a data 1777.

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