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Pan and Fortune

Title: Pan and Fortune
Student Commentary:: In this illustration to the “Pan and Fortune” story in the Fables of John Gay, the half goat / half man Pan is pictured to the left. Pan is playing with dice and cards. To the right is a winged figure standing on a wheel holding a cornucopia, the personification of Fortune. Behind these two main figures are men with axes at work. Blake would have engraved this image, on commission, from a design by someone else. Not available at the William Blake Archive. Consult the book in Schaffer Library for a detailed view of the image.
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