Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Child and the Billowing Ribbon
A small child stands against a dark rising form with one arm extended towards a hanging golden object. A broad pale ribbon curves around the body and into the open sky. Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson’s decorated edition gives Blake’s poems a distinct later visual setting.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "The Child and the Billowing Ribbon" [editorial title]. In Songs of Innocence and Other Poems, William Blake. Undated J. M. Dent / E. P. Dutton illustrated selection; University of Toronto catalogue estimates [1912]., undated edition, J. M. Dent & Sons / E. P. Dutton & Co.. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0002
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
This Robinson illustrated selection credits Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson for its decoration. These are their illustrations to Blake’s poems, rather than facsimiles of Blake’s illuminated plates.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. The Child and the Billowing Ribbon. Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0002