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Binyon, Laurence; Blake, William [Bearb.]
The engraved designs of William Blake — London [u.a.], 1926

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CATALOGUE OF BLAKE’S ENGRAVED DESIGNS

211. The Clod and the Pebble.

Four sheep and two oxen drinking at a stream. Below is the text
with leafing lines of ornament, and beneath it a duck and two frogs.

4-2 X 2! in.

212. Holy Thursday.

On the shore of a lake among mountains a woman looks in horror
at a dead child lying on the ground. Above her are leafless branches
of a tree. Poem below, with a group of a mother and two weeping
children in the margin, right.

4! X 2! in.

See reproduction, Plate 45.

213. The Little Girl Lost.

In the right margin two lovers embracing under a slender tree of
drooping boughs. At the left tendrils of ornament.

Mr. Damon points out that this seems to be an illustration to a
quite different poem, A Little Girl Lost (see below, No. 230).

4§ X 2§ in.

214. The same concluded ; and The Little Girl Found.

A girl lying despairing by a stone in a forest. Text above. Below,
Title and part of The Little Girl Found. Under a tree in right margin
is an animal, apparently meant for a tiger.

4§ X 2§ in.

215. The Little Girl Found (concluded).

In the right margin rise the intertwined stems of two great trees.
At the foot of the trees, children playing with a lion and lioness, and
a nude man sleeping. Poem above.

4§ X 2§ in.

216. The Chimney Sweeper.

A little boy in sooty clothes coming along a street in a snowstorm.
Poem above.

4§ X 2§ in.

217. Nurse’s Song.

Before the door of a vine-clad cottage, the nurse combs the hair
of a boy who stands in forced patience with folded hands. A child
sits on the threshold. Poem above.

4§ X 2| in.

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