Art, Symbol & Imagination
Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?
A child in a dark blue dress stands with hands joined above a small lamb. A tall white cloud rises behind the hat and shoulders, while the hillside falls away below. The illustration places the poem’s question about creation in a quiet encounter between child and animal.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?" [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 25. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0015
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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. Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 25. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0015