"Mr. Dawson prevents Laura from entering the sick-room" — John McLenan's uncaptioned headnote vignette for the twenty-fourth weekly number of Wilkie Collins's "The Woman in White" in Harper's Weekly (5 May 1860) (original) (raw)

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Mr. Dawson prevents Laura from entering the sick-room

John McLenan

5 May 1860

10.4 cm high by 5.4 cm wide (4 by 2 ⅛ inchess), vignetted.

The uncaptioned vignette clearly indicates that the attending physician rather than Fosco or Glyde is turning Laura away from her sister's sick-room. The physician blocks Laura's way, just as Fosco has made way for Laura's entry.

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Scanned image and text byPhilip V. Allingham.

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