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Victorian Periodical Wood Engravings / PL3 Far From the Madding Crowd: 'He saw a bather carried along in the current'
Series title: Far from the Madding Crowd (Plate 11) 1874 (year of production) Wood engraving mounted on grey card 110 x 160 mm. Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924 Illustration of a passage at the end of Chapter 48: "At that time he [Dr. Barker of Budmouth] saw a bather carried along in the current outside the mouth of the cove, and guessed in an instant that there was but a poor chance for him . . ." (p. 620) |