William Blake's poem "The Little Girl Lost" depicts the narrative of a little girl who wanders into the bush and becomes lost. She is subsequently picked up by a lion, who finishes up caring for her and protecting her from all the other creatures in the jungle. When the child finally recovers from her ordeal, she can think only about how much she loves her father. In art history, the poem is used as an example of how William Blake (1757-1827) infused his poems with ideas from earlier artists. The little girl in the poem is based on the image of a young Jane Taylor who was lost in the woods near her home in Somersetshire, England. Like the poetic heroine, she was found by a lion. Blake may have known of the artist John Martin (1756-1843), whose painting The Finding of the Little Girl Lost was first exhibited in London in 1787. However, it wasn't until many years later that he adopted this subject for one of his own poems. There are also similarities between the poem and the work of George Romney (1691-1760). The little girl lost in both paintings is depicted wearing a blue dress with white spots and has blond hair. Also, they are both found by a lion! Finally, there is evidence that Blake may have been influenced by Antonio Canova (1757-1837).