Art, Symbol & Imagination
England’s Answer: The Mother on the Rock
A woman in red sits high on a rugged rock beside a small child. A green veil curves behind her head against a golden sky. The preceding caption links the maternal figure with England’s answer to the sons and cities addressed throughout the collection.
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W. Heath Robinson. "England’s Answer: The Mother on the Rock" [editorial title]. In A Song of the English, Rudyard Kipling; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company; undated title, copyright leaf dated 1909; illustrated by W. Heath Robinson., undated edition, Doubleday, Page & Company. Source scan leaf 231. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0223
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W. Heath Robinson. England’s Answer: The Mother on the Rock. A Song of the English. Scan leaf 231. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0410-0223