Series title: Far from the Madding Crowd (Plate 1)
1874 (year of production) Wood engraving mounted on grey card
110 x 165 mm. Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924
Based on the passage in Chapter 3 of the novel when Gabriel wakes up after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning: "His dog was howling, his head was aching fearfully -- somebody was pulling him about, hands were loosening his neckerchief." (p. 14)
Interior scene. A man has passed out on the floor. A woman loosens his neckerchief to help him recover. A bucket with a substance inside it lies on the floor.
