The Ghost of a Flea [SEP] collection
The Ghost of a Flea
The Ghost of a Flea is a miniature painting by the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake, held in the Tate Gallery, London. Measuring only , it is executed in a tempera mixture with gold, on a mahogany-type tropical hardwood panel. Completed between 1819 and 1820, it is part of a series of works depicting "Visionary Heads" commissioned by the watercolourist and astrologist John Varley (1778–1842). Fantastic, spiritual art was popular in Britain from around 1770 to 1830
Haunted Mansion" issue 4 (August 2006) "Night of the Ghost Fleas" features Fifi, the ghost dog, being plagued by ghost fleas who create a flea circus that ends up on his head.
- "Ruby Gloom", a Canadian cartoon based in an apparel franchise that ran from 2006 and 2008 had two episodes featuring a flea circus show. The first one, Venus De Gloomsville (2007), where Skullboy tried to train fleas for his own personal circus, but the constant yells of the Venus