"Initial Letter O Vignette" by George du Maurier for Chapter 5 of William Black's "Three Feathers" (October 1874)

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"The Ring of Evil Omen": initial Letter "O" Vignette

George du Maurier

October 1874

9.9 by 3.9 cm (4 by 1 ½ inches), vignetted

The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. XXX): 385

Illustration for Ch. 5, Three Feathers by William Black.

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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Passage Illustrated

One of Wenna's many friends outside the village in which she lived was a strange mis-shapen creature who earned his living by carrying sand from one of the bays on the coast to the farmers on the uplands above. This he did by means of a troop of donkeys — small, rough, light-haired, and large-eyed animals — that struggled up the rude and steep path on the face of the cliff, bearing on their backs the bags that he had laboriously filled below. [Chapter IX, "The Ring of Evil Omen," 385]

Bibliography

Black, William. Three Feathers. Illustrated by George du Maurier. The Cornhill Magazine, Vols. XXX & XXXI (August 1874 through June 1875).

Black, William. Three Feathers: A Novel. Illustrated byGeorge du Maurier. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1875. 3 vols. Rpt., 1892 in a single volume.

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