Blake designed and engraved five plates for this book, which Hayley seems to have invented as a make-work project for Blake. This copy is inscribed to Mr. Weller, a carver in Chichester. In the plate shown here, a faithful dog sacrifices himself to save his master from a crocodile. The drawing of the eagle is also for Hayley's Ballads.
William Hayley (1745-1820), Ballads . . . Founded on Anecdotes Relating to Animals, with Prints, Designed and Engraved by William Blake, PML 62447