[“The face of your Venus is my own!”] — illustration for G. W. M. Reynolds’s “The Mysteries of London” by G. Stiff

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“The face of your Venus is my own!”

G. Stiff

c. 1843

Wood engraving

Source: The Hathi Trust version of G. W. M. Reynolds’s The Mysteries of London 1.217

The illustration, which depicts a passage in Chapter 56, appears a chapter earlier.

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The many occupations of Ellen Vernon

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Passage illustrated

Taking Greenwood by the hand, Ellen led him towards the picture.

"Do you see any thing that strikes you strangely there?" she said, pointing towards the work of art.

"The scene is Venus rising from the ocean, surrounded by nereids and nymphs," answered Greenwood.

"And you admire your picture much?"

"Yes—much; or else I should not have purchased it."

"Then have you unwittingly admired me," exclaimed Ellen; "for the face of your Venus is my own!"" — Chapter 70, “The Image, the Picture, and the Statue” [1.217]

Bibliography

Reynolds, George W. M. The Mysteries of London. vol 1. London: George Vickers, 1846. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Web. 6 October 2016.

Last modified 6 October 2016