The plantation wherein she had taken shelter

Joseph Syddall

1891

25.3 cm high x 19.3 cm wide

Passage illustrated: "The plantation wherein she had taken shelter ran down at this spot into a peak, which ended hitherward, outside the hedge being arable ground. Under the trees scores of pheasants lay about, their rich plumage dabbled with blood."

Plate 22 from for the monthly serialisation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the Durbervilles

Tess of the Durbervilles (homepage)

Graphic, p. 511

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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