Wikipedia - "The Ghost of a Flea is a small tempera mixture with gold painting on mahogany type tropical hardwood panel by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake, held in the Tate Gallery, London. Completed between 1819 and 1820, it is part of a series of works depicting 'Visionary Heads' commissioned by the watercolourist and astrologist John Varley (1788-1842). Fantastic, spiritual art was very popular in Britain from around 1770 to 1830, during this time Blake often worked on unearthly, supernatural panels to amuse and amaze his friends."
Wikipedia, Great Works: The Ghost of a Flea (c.1819-20) (21.4cm x 16.2cm), William Blake
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