Figure descriptions
A child dressed in a light nightdress and cap plays a piano in the dark. In the forefront
of the illustration, a man stands
with his back to the viewer and holds a lit lamp up towards the child, illuminating
the scene. Three women and another man enter the
room from a doorway on the right. The woman standing at the front of this group holds
onto the door and looks at the child. She
wears a chatelaine with keys and other objects on her waist. Sheet music, a book,
a basket, and a carrying case for an instrument
lie on the floor behind the child. Full-page illustration contained within a double-ruled
border.
A stream runs in front of a house. A small bridge crosses the stream, and there is
a watermill behind the bridge. Plants and
trees surround the house. There is a partial border in the top-left corner that fades
away before it reaches the top-right and
bottom-left corners. A second partial border is superimposed over the bottom-right
corner of the illustration; this border partially
surrounds the title and first few lines of the poem letterpress. 1/3 page.
A partial border contains a section of the poem letterpress on the left, bottom, and
right edges. The border extends the width
of the letterpress on the bottom edge; it ascends 1/3 of the height of the right edge
and 1/10 of the height of the left edge.
Dandelions wrap around portions of the border. 1/3 page.
