- Title:
- The Little Boy Lost (Plate 16)
- Additional Title(s):
- Verso: The Little Boy Found (Plate 17)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
- Date:
- 1789
- Materials & Techniques:
- Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm), Plate: 4 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches (11.7 x 7.3 cm), Plate: 4 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches (11.7 x 7.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper center: "10"
Lettered inside image: "The Little Boy lost | Father, father where are you going | O do not walk so fast. | Speak father speak to your little boy | Or else I shall be lost, | The night was dark no father was there | The child was wet with dew. | The mire was deep. & the child did weep | And away the vapour flew"; Lettered on verso, inside image: "The Little Boy found | The little boy lost in the lonely fen, | Led by the wand'ring light, | Began to cry, but God ever nigh, | Appeard like his father in white. | He kissed the child & by the hand led | And to his mother brought, | Who in sorrow pale thro' the lonely dale | Her little boy weeping sought."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1555
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angels | boy | branches | children | darkness | flame | forest | gown | hat | historical subject | leaf | mother | text | trees | vegetation | vines | wings | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2493
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