After William Blake
1757-1827
To Tirzah
4 13/16 x 4 15/16 inches (122 x 125 mm)
Black chalk on tracing paper mounted on card.
1980.79:12
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
Notes
Copy on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of William Blake's design for his poem "To Tirzah", from his Songs of innocence and of experience.
Summary
Traced sketch shows a nude male figure seated on the ground, supported by two gowned female figures standing behind him; a bearded gowned male figure stands to the right, offering the other man a drink from a jug or vessel.
Associated names
Blake, William, 1757-1827. Songs of experience.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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