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Watercolor of gnarled dark trees with three winged harpies perched in branches and two cloaked figures standing below.

The Wood of the Self-Murderers: The Harpies and the Suicides

Watercolor over pencil shows gnarled dark trees with three winged harpies with human faces perched in their branches. Two cloaked figures stand in a clearing at the center, while a tree at right bears a human face in its trunk.

Artist
William Blake
Date
1824
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1198 × 838 px
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Public domain · William Blake died 1827 and the work dates by 1824; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

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

Español: El bosque de los suicidas: las arpías y los suicidas

Acuarela sobre lápiz muestra árboles retorcidos y oscuros con tres arpías aladas de rostros humanos posadas en sus ramas. Dos figuras envueltas en capas se hallan en un claro al centro, mientras un árbol a la derecha muestra un rostro humano en el tronco.

Português: O bosque dos suicidas: as harpias e os suicidas

Aquarela sobre lápis mostra árvores retorcidas e escuras com três harpias aladas de rostos humanos empoleiradas em seus galhos. Duas figuras envoltas em mantos ficam numa clareira ao centro, enquanto uma árvore à direita exibe um rosto humano no tronco.

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