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| “Canada
is unique in its originality of wilderness spaces. It is in this
context that I have sought to reinvest the Canadian acoustic
environment/soundscape and the living sounds of our land with dignity
while celebrating it with public awareness and education. This is done
using the unique and unusual properties of the alphorn in out-of-door
as well as concert hall settings.” Michael Cumberland “Dunain”1986 “Nothing is more
important than raising a generation well - teaching our children the
best values, the noblest ideals, and highest levels of integrity. When
we, as communities of learners do this, we entrust the future to
good.” Original intaglio etching by William Blake (1757-1827) 
This is George Cumberland's Card. It was the last design and etching Blake made just prior to his death. William Blake executed this work at the request of his long-time friend and patron George Cumberland. The calling or message card is sometimes called a bookplate. Twenty of these were printed by Blake for Cumberland - seven are still known to be extant. Blake passed away just after these prints were inked and completed, so his wife Catherine, had to deliver them personally to George Cumberland. George Cumberland was the 3rd/4th cousin of the famous play-write Richard Cumberland (1732-1811). Both George and Richard were great-grandsons of Richard Cumberland (1631-1718) the first Bishop of Peterborough. Its style as well as motifs, suggest: youth, a young man's life playing with a distaff for St. Distaffs Day, death, and liberation of the body and soul. Blake, knowing his end was near wanted to create a last image which symbolized life in all its stages. This is a modest yet appropriate finale to Blake's career as an artist. “It is better to wear
out than to rust out.” |
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