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Victorian Periodical Wood Engravings / PL3629

Far from the Madding Crowd: 'She opened a gate within which was a haystack, under this she sat down'

Artist: Paterson, Helen [1848-1926]



Series title: Far from the Madding Crowd (Plate 9)

1874 (year of production)
Wood engraving mounted on grey card

110 x 165 mm.
Purchase: Puttick and Simpson Auctioneers, Leicester Square, London 1924

Illustrating the opening of Chapter 41: "At length her onward walk dwindled to the merest totter, and she opened a gate within which was a haystack. Underneath this she sat down and presently slept." (p.260)



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