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Painting by the poet/painter/publisher William Blake.
I am not sure if the copyright holder ever was a copyright holder. He's been dead for a while now.
The following was written by somebody who presumably has been living in the age of the monopoly on expression, but since he or she did so in the employ of the US Library of Congres, it is also not copyrighted:
The archetype of the "creator" is a familiar image in the illuminated books of William Blake. Here, Blake depicts an almighty creator stooped in prayer contemplating the world he has forged. The Song of Los is the third in a series of illuminated books, hand-painted by Blake and his wife, known as the "Continental Prophecies," considered by most critics to contain some of Blake's most powerful imagery. Only six copies of The Song of Los are known to exist.
(source for both image and text: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/world/accounts.html#blake)
Here and now I must sing a song of loss myself: I saved, edited and saved the JPEG file, so some information may be lost. I did take the opportunity to manipulate the colours though, so that even if less information is available, more of it is visible. branko
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