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William Blake (English, 1757-1827)
The Ghost of a Flea 1819 c.


William Blake drew a series of "visionary heads" in his latter years, of spiritual visitors which he alone could see. One of them is a drawing of a reptilian almost exactly like the ones in The Biggest Secret. I think the picture is called the The Head of the Ghost of a Flea

Simon

This sketch formed part of the preliminary work to one of Blakes most famous paintings, of the same name. This is one of the most unusual of the "visionary heads", the others, as with "Canute", often representing historical personages.



William Blake (English, 1757-1827)
The Ghost of a Flea 1819 c.

According to Blake, "all fleas were inhabited by the souls of such men as were by nature bloodthirsty to excess." Between the legs of this bloodthirsty ghost, look for the tiny corpse of a flea.


Blake, William (Soho, London, 28 Nov 1757; † London, 12 Aug 1827). English printmaker, painter and poet. His reputation as a visual artist increased during the 20th century to the extent that his art is as well known as his poetry. Yet in his own mind Blake never completely separated the two, and his most original work is to be found in hand-printed books of prophecy, which developed a personal mythology of limitless intellectual ambition. In these books, text and design are completely integrated in what he called ‘illuminated’ printing. He also made many pen and watercolour drawings, prints in various media and a small number of tempera paintings, but even in these his broader aims were primarily theological and philosophical: he saw the arts in all their forms as offering insights into the metaphysical world and therefore potentially redemptive of a humanity he believed to have fallen into materialism and doubt.


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