Art, Symbol & Imagination
On a Cloud I Saw a Child
A small child emerges from a luminous cloud above a seated dark-haired piper. Muted rocks and flowing lines merge the land with the mist around the vision. The image accompanies the child’s request that the piper turn his songs into writing for others to read.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "On a Cloud I Saw a Child" [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 18. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0008
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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. On a Cloud I Saw a Child. Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 18. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0008