Children's Literature
Dublin Core
Title
Children's Literature
Description
This collection shows some of the variety of children's literature during the 18th century.
Collection Items
The Mouse's Petition
First page of the poem "The Mouse's Petition" by Anna Laetitia Barbauld published in 1773.
Original Stories Sketch
This is William Blake's sketch of the frontispiece to Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories from Real Life (1791).
It is a wash drawing that has been digitally restored. Rotated and cropped. Dirt removed. Various localized color balances to correct…
Songs of Innocence and Experience
This is the title page from William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. This is from the 1826 copy in the Library of Congress, known as "Copy Z".
Songs of Innocence, Pg. 5
Watercolor, H text, 287 × 447 pixels, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg
Songs of Innocence and Experience p2
Watercolor. H text. 494 × 724 pixels, file size: 93 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg.
