Copy of the Laocoön, for Rees's Cyclopædia, William Blake, 1757–1827, British, 1815, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 inches ( x cm), beard, boys, Classical, father, Grand Tour, Greek, hero, Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice, legend, men, religious and mythological subject, sculpture, snakes, sons, strangling, twins

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