"Turpin Leaping the Cart," Sir John Gilbert's frontispiece illustration for W. Harrison Ainsworth's "Rookwood. A Romance" (1878) (original) (raw)

Frontispiece: Turpin Leaping the Cart

Sir John Gilbert, R. A.

1878

Wood-engraving

14 x 9.5 cm, vignetted

Frontispiece for W. H. Ainsworth's Rookwood: A Romance.

“I see how Ruin, with palsied hand
Begins to shake our ancient house to dust.” —Yorkshire Tragedy.

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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