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"description": "William Blake conceived and engraved 17 designs for Dr. Robert John Thornton\u2019s The Pastorals of Virgil, a popular schoolbook used in teaching Latin. The publication included translations of poems by ancient Roman author Virgil that focus on a rural setting as both a subject matter and as the background for discussions of various issues, from love to politics. Blake\u2019s illustrations reveal his emphasis on the natural world. As his only wood engravings, they also show how the process entails cutting away from the woodblock to create lighter sections, in essence working in white over a black background. Here, several areas\u2014such as the textures of the trees\u2014emphasize that point.",
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"citation": "Francis, Henry. \"Recent Accessions to the Department of Prints.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 21, no. 10 (December 1934): 158-161.",
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