Printed with the thirtieth block on a single sheet: P.12176-R(b). This block is not described on William Morris's list, as are the others in the series. The blocks were cut c.1868-8, but these proofs were probably printed in the 1880s. Sheet has two "Primrose" watermarks. Around fifty of the designs for Morris's poems, "The Earthly Paradise", were cut as woodblocks by William Morris, George Campfield, Elizabeth Burden and George Wardle, though Morris later abandoned the project. According to a list copied from one made by William Morris, which lists the titles and block cutter's names, the set owned by the Fitzwilliam is incomplete. J.R. Holliday also owned a bound volume containing 86 studies for illustrations to 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' and a collection of tracings of the designs, which he bequeathed to Birmingham Art Gallery.
"Then did she cross and gather of the wool, And with her bosom and her gown-skirt full Came back to Venus at the sun-setting." William Morris - The Earthly Paradise Quoted by G Uerscheln & M Kalusok p 224