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Pen and watercolor design of a bearded crowned warrior with spear and shield on a green hill, overlaid with a printed Preface text panel.

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 69, "The Fatal Sisters."

A bearded, crowned warrior in armor stands on a green hill, a spear raised in one hand and a round shield in the other, against a pale blue wash sky. A rectangular printed panel headed Preface covers his body, its prose visible, in a pen-and-watercolor design.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1797
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3063 × 4000 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1797; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

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Español: Página del Prefacio de Blake con un guerrero coronado, Las hermanas fatales

Un guerrero barbudo y coronado, con armadura, está de pie sobre una colina verde, con una lanza en una mano y un escudo redondo en la otra, ante un cielo de tenue lavado azul. Un panel rectangular impreso con el encabezado Prefacio cubre su cuerpo, con el texto visible, en un diseño a pluma y acuarela.

Português: Página do Prefácio de Blake com um guerreiro coroado, As Irmãs Fatais

Um guerreiro barbudo e coroado, com armadura, está de pé sobre uma colina verde, com uma lança erguida em uma mão e um escudo redondo na outra, diante de um céu de aguada azul pálida. Um painel retangular impresso com o título Prefácio cobre seu corpo, com o texto visível, em um desenho de pena e aquarela.

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