Emblem 48; mother and dead child

Notebook of William Blake Author: Blake, William / Illustrator: Blake, William England; circa 1787-1818 Language: English Source/Shelfmark: Add. 49460, f.38 [Whole folio] Three sketches of a mother and infant, clutched in the mother's right arm, on the back of an eagle; a rejected illustration of Hayley's second ballad 'The Eagle'. Emblem drawing of a mother holding a dead infant in her arms, with lines from Milton's poem 'On the Death of a Fair Infant'. V.29. The emblem is related to 'Holy Thursday' in 'Songs of Experience'. Autograph draft of two poems, 'To God', and 'Since all the Riches of the World' Image taken from Notebook of William Blake. Originally published/produced in England; circa 1787-1818.