Art, Symbol & Imagination
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright
A child sits beside an open book on a high grassy ledge. Tall dark spires rise from the distant town beneath a pale sky. The caption quotes the opening of The Tiger, making the reader’s imaginative encounter the subject rather than depicting the animal itself.
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Charles Robinson and Mary H. Robinson. "Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright" [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 71. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0056
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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. Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright. Songs of Innocence and Other Poems. Scan leaf 71. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0370-0056