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After William Blake
1757-1827
The Fly
Black chalk on tracing paper mounted on card.
5 x 4 1/2 inches (127 x 114 mm)
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
1980.79:10
Provenance: 
Herman Cohen, Sandy Hook, Conn.
Notes: 

Copy on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of William Blake's design for his poem "The fly", from his Songs of innocence and of experience.

Summary: 

Traced sketch shows a female figure in a gown and cap, holding the hands of a gowned infant, guiding its steps; to the left, a gowned female child hitting a shuttlecock with a racquet.

Associated names: 

Blake, William, 1757-1827. Songs of experience.
Cohen, Herman, former owner.

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Artist page: 
Blake, William
School: 
British
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints