Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

"Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain"

After William Blake
1757-1827

"Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain"

18 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (461 x 302 mm)
Black chalk and graphite, on tracing paper mounted on card.
1980.79:19

Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.

Notes
Copy on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of a design by William Blake to illustrate Edward Young's Night thoughts.
Summary

Design shows a nude woman standing in an open landscape, her arms raised in the air; above, the giant figure of Death, whose hair and hands are all that can be seen of him, flies down, carrying his open mantle which he prepares to throw over her.

Associated names
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Night thoughts.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department