Caption:
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 21, 'The Little Boy Lost' (Bentley 13), Print made by William Blake, 17571827, British, 1789 to 1794, Relief etching printed in dark-brown with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 inches (18.1 x 12.7 cm), Plate: 4 5/8 x 2 7/8 inches (11.7 x 7.3 cm), and Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm), angels, boy, branches, darkness, flame, gown, hat, leaf, literary theme, religious and mythological subject, text, trees, vegetation, vines, wings