We feel intimate and removed all at once. What a powerful way of getting his viewers to move back in time 1800 years and feel close to the event. Both men are naked. While this was required of the one being crucified, it certainly was not required of the viewer. Blake is obviously not allowing humanity to hold any part of itself back when coming into the presence of its savior.
Complete surrender is shown.
The copperplate is crowded at the top and bottom. The viewer's eyes are constantly moving to the edges and back, bouncing around the borders. The picture, like the poem, is calling for action, not rest. It calls for an awakening, not sleep. William Blake was a man of strong opinions.