Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink 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 Lamb | Little Lamb who made thee | Dost thou know who made thee | Gave thee life & bid thee feed. | By the stream & o'er the mead; | Gave thee clothing of delight, | Softest clothing wooly bright; | Gave thee such a tender voice, | Making all the vales rejoice: | Little Lamb who made thee | Dost thou know who made thee | Little Lamb I'll tell thee, | Little Lamb I'll tell thee; | He is called by thy name, | For he calls himself a Lamb: | He is meek & he is mild, | He became a little child: | I a child & thou a lamb. | We are called by his name. | Little Lamb God bless thee, | Little Lamb God bless thee."; Lettered on verso, inside image: "The Blossom. | Merry Merry Sparrow | Under leaves so green | A happy Blossom | Sees you swift as arrow | Seek your cradle narrow | Near my Bosom. | Pretty Pretty Robin | Under leaves so green | A happy Blossom | Hears you sobbing sobbing | Pretty Pretty Robin | Near my Bosom."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1992.8.12(6)
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
nude | book | boy | children | mother | shepherd | cherubs | woman | reading | vines | house | trees | vegetation | plant | text | literary theme | branches | leaf | angels | wings | lamb | sheep | clouds