After William Blake
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After William Blake
1757-1827
Head of a Dragon ; Seated Figure With Bowed Head
Graphite and gray, blue, and red wash, on tracing paper mounted on card.
7 x 10 7/8 inches (178 x 277 mm)
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
1980.79:9c
Notes:
Copies on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of two details from drawings by William Blake designed to illustrate pages 40 (lines 790-809) and 47 (936-956), of "Night VII" of Edward Young's Night thoughts; the original drawings now in the collection of the British Museum.
Provenance:
Herman Cohen, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Summary:
At left: sketch of the head of a dragon, facing left and tinted with red wash; at right: seated female figure bowing foreward with her head between her knees.
Associated names:
Cohen, Herman, former owner.
Young, Edward, 1683-1765. Night thoughts.
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