Decorative Initial Vignette "H" by George du Maurier for Thomas Hardy's "The Hand of Ethelberta" in "The Cornhill Magazine," Vol. XXXIII (March 1876) (original) (raw)

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Decorative Initial "H" with Vignette of Atmospheric Setting

George du Maurier

Joseph Swain

March 1876

Composite woodblock engraving

Designed for Thomas Hardy's The Hand of Ethelberta, Chapter 39.

6.6 cm high by 6 cm wide (2 ½ by 2 ¼ inches), vignetted.

The Cornhill Magazine, Vol. XXXIII, p. 358.

Scanned image, caption and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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