Frontispiece: Songs of Innocence (1955)
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- Frontispiece: Songs of Innocence (1955)
- Student Commentary:
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A male figure takes up the foreground in the frontispiece to Songs of Innocence, included in the combined edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1955 facsimile). He is holding a wooden musical instrument that looks to be some type of flute. He stares at a cherubic figure that is flying above him. Two tall, lush trees frame the illustration on this plate. Behind the male figure are acres of crops or pasture land with grazing sheep. The whole effect is one of sweet, pastoral inspiration.
The coloring and impact of this image should be compared to that of other reproductions in the library’s collections, made by different hands or from different original copies.