A peaceful rural scene with sheep grazing. Photogravure by William Hyde (1859-1925) for a selection of George Meredith's nature poetry, first published in 1898 and praised by A. J. Hammerton as a "real artistic treasure" (380). Scanned image and text by Jacqueline Banerjee. This image may be used without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned it and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]

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Bibliography

Hammerton, J. A. (Sir). George Meredith in Anecdote and Criticism. London: Grant Richards; New York: M. Kennerley, 1909. Internet Archive, from a book in the New York Public Library. Web. 20 April 2023.

Meredith, George. The Nature Poems of George Meredith, with sixteen full-page pictures in photogravure by William Hyde. 1898. London: Constable, 1907. British Library system 002463106.


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