The opening plate of Blake's final Continental Prophecy. The figure bowing before a darkened, mottled sun allegorizes the spiritual subjugation of humanity under Urizen—Blake's embodiment of rigid Enlightenment rationalism and doctrinal tyranny. Technically, it highlights Blake's innovative 1795 planographic color-printing technique, where heavy pigments were applied to copper plates or boards, printed under pressure, and individually finished in ink and watercolor.