Art, Symbol & Imagination
So Light of Foot, So Light of Spirit
A small child in white hangs lightly against a pale wash of leaves and tall stems. A round orange hat and a small yellow flower provide the strongest colour. The separate caption supplies Robinson’s title, linking the airy figure with lightness of movement and mood.
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Charles Robinson. "So Light of Foot, So Light of Spirit" [editorial title]. In Children's Books and Their Illustrators, Gleeson White. The Studio special winter number1897-98. Complete historical illustrated survey through printed page68, original illustrator index and all four listed supplements. Matching scanned original wrapper; UNC library scan., 1897, Offices of The Studio. Source scan leaf 61. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/white-light-of-foot
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Charles Robinson. So Light of Foot, So Light of Spirit. Children's Books and Their Illustrators. Scan leaf 61. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/white-light-of-foot