After William Blake
1757-1827
Lot's Wife
10 7/16 x 5 1/2 inches (265 x 140 mm)
Graphite and gray, blue, and red wash, on tracing paper mounted on card.
1980.79:9b
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
Notes
Copy on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of William Blake's drawing of Lot's Wife, designed to illustrate the general t.p. of Night V of Edward Young's Night thoughts; the original drawing now in the collection of the British Museum.
Summary
Full length sketch of a Lot's wife looking back over her shoulder towards a reddened background where the suggestions of a cityscape are brushed in.
Associated names
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Night thoughts.
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Night thoughts.
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Century Drawings
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