Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
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:
B1992.8.12(12)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | religious and mythological subject | wings | branches | leaf | angels | vines | forest | trees | vegetation | text | women | mother | children | boy | darkness | flame | gown | hat
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)