Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Lily White
White bell-shaped flowers rise from a long dark stem beside a small child in a broad hat. Soft hills and clouded colours dissolve behind the figure. The illustration accompanies Blake’s contrast between the lily’s unthreatening beauty and the defences of rose and sheep.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "The Lily White" [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 65. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0051
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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 Lily White. Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 65. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0051