After William Blake
1757-1827
The Little Vagabond
3 7/16 x 4 9/16 inches (87 x 117 mm)
Black chalk on tracing paper mounted on card.
1980.79:11
Gift of Mr. Herman Cohen.
Notes
Copy on tracing paper by an unknown copyist of William Blake's design for his poem "The Little Vagabond", from his Songs of innocence and of experience.
Summary
Traced sketch shows two male figures kneeling, huddled together, in a dark wooded landscape; the older figure, on the left bearded and with a halo; the younger figure sheltered by the older.
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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