"The Marriage," Sir John Gilbert's fifth illustration for W. Harrison Ainsworth's "Rookwood. A Romance" (1878) (original) (raw)

The Marriage

Sir John Gilbert, R. A.

1878

Wood-engraving

15 x 13 cm, vignetted

Facing page 217 in W. H. Ainsworth's Rookwood: A Romance (1882).

Cari. I will not die; I must not. I am contracted To a young gentleman.

Executioner. Here's your wedding-ring. —Duchess of Malfi. [Chapter XI, "The Bridal."]

Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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