Look What a Fine Morning It Is

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Look What a Fine Morning It Is

Student Commentary:

In this image, the frontispiece to Wollstonecraft’s Original Stories from Real Life, the adult woman in the middle is Mrs. Mason and the two children by her side are Mary and Caroline. They appear to be going outside, based upon the flowers and vines that curve in the background. The two girls are literally being led by Mrs. Mason out into the world. The text that accompanies the image is joyful: “Look what a fine morning it is. Insects, Birds, & Animals, are all enjoying existence.” But the girls look up at their guide instead of to nature, in Blake’s beautiful design that nevertheless suggests that they may not be free to enjoy existence fully themselves.

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Detailed View of Image at the William Blake Archive

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William Blake@Union Digital Collection