Rhoda; or the Whistle

Artist: John Dawson Watson (1836-66)

Engraver: The Dalziels

1863

Wood-engraving

Good Words (1863): facing 530.

The following verses appear beneath the illustration:

The fair young girl sat working
     by the fire
With nimble fingers on the
     tinkling wire.
And by her side a woman,
      old and gray,
Whose wrinkles told of years
      of kind decay.

Image capture, formatting, and text 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 Internet Archive and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.]