A Scene in the Mall. Phiz (Hablot K. Browne). 1866. Wood engraving. Errym's A Mystery in Scarlet. Courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Click on image to enlarge it.
Text Illustrated
"Let me go, dear Aggy, let me go. I am safe enough" (82).
Commentary
Set in the Royal Mall, this illustration introduces the Marquis of Charlton (center right, with rapier pointed at the ground), and the woman he unrequitedly (at this point) loves, Lady Agnes Bellair (right foreground). She rushes to her brother Francis (far right), the highwayman. Their father, Sir Thomas Bellair (left, between the two swordsmen) appears comically befuddled. In keeping with the text, the sedan chair from which Lady Agnes has just descended is partly visible behind her and between Charlton and Francis, below the gabled windows, which look on like eyes.
Image scan by the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Commentary by Rebecca Nesvet, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Formatting, color correction, and sizing by George P. Landow[You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and Indiana University and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]
Bibliography
Errym, Malcolm J [James Malcolm Rymer]. A Mystery in Scarlet, leading serial of The London Miscellany. Ed. James Malcolm Rymer, 1, no. 6 (1866): 1. From the copy in the collection of the Wells Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. Courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Last modified 13 July 2019