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Circle of William Blake (1757-1827)
Lot 273

Circle of William Blake (1757-1827)

Three children crouching around a source of light

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GBP 646

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Circle of William Blake (1757-1827)
Three children crouching around a source of light
black ink and grey wash
5 5/8 x 7½ in. (14.4 x 19.1 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 November 1987, lot 2 as by John Flaxman, with another (sold £220).
with Agnew's.

Specialist note

Martin Butlin's reattribution of this work to William Blake has not been generally accepted. Robert Essick reconfirms the original attribution to John Flaxman, while Deflof Dörrbecker (see Essick, op. cit.) has suggested that it is one of a group of similar works perhaps by William Young Otley (1771-1836).