Series title: Far from the Madding Crowd (Plate 6)
1874 (year of production) Wood engraving mounted on grey card
110 x 165 mm. Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924
Frank Troy dazzling Bathsheba with his sword-play in Chapter 28, 'The Hollow Amid The Ferns': "Bathsheba's adventurous spirit was beginning to find some grains of relish in these highly novel proceedings. She took up her position as directed, facing Troy." (p. 654)
Outdoor scene. A man in a soldier’s clothes holds up a sword to the woman. The woman in white holds her hat and looks timid. A fir hedge runs the width of the picture behind them.
