Thenot en Colinet discussiëren, Lightfoot op de heuvel

Two shepherds, one youthful and one elderly with a long white beard, stand leaning on their crooks in a textured pastoral landscape. In the background, a third figure is depicted in mid-stride, silhouetted against a dark, hatched sky as he runs across the horizon. The image is a wood engraving characterized by expressive, energetic white lines cut directly into the dark block to create a sense of vibrating light and shadow.

These woodcuts for Thornton's Virgil represent a pivotal moment in the history of visionary art, where Blake abandoned technical polish for raw, spiritual intensity. They served as a primary inspiration for 'The Ancients,' a group of artists including Samuel Palmer who sought to find a mystical, Neoplatonic 'Eden' within the British landscape.