
The Pastorals of Virgil, wood engraving by William Blake
A wood engraving in four horizontal panels, printed on pale paper: a crescent moon over a gnarled tree at top, a figure with raised arms beside a cottage, a thatched cottage beside a winding stream, and a small figure by a signpost above an inscribed stone. The fine hatching gives the rural scenes a dense, dreamlike texture.
- Artist
- William Blake
- Date
- 1821
- Medium
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
- Size
- 2711 × 4000 px
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
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)





