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The Holy Family (Christ in the Lap of Truth)

c. 1805
black, gray, and brown ink applied with pen and point of brush; gray, pink, yellow, and green wash

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This drawing was first owned by Thomas Butts, an English civil servant who became William Blake's most important patron and supporter for about two decades.

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