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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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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