Study for an Illustration for 'Romola': 'Tessa at Home'

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Drawing details

Title: Study for an Illustration for 'Romola': 'Tessa at Home'
Media: Black and white chalk on blue paper
Dimensions: 11.4 x 17.2 cm
Location: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Reference number: 805.l515.60r (28)
Inscriptions: Inscribed on reverse "6" and "18" in pencil.

Interpretation

This is a study for 'Tessa at Home', which was published in the 'Cornhill Magazine', George Smith, London, May 1863, Chapter LII, illustrated opposite p.568.

Description

The cross above the bed in the completed illustration is not indicated on this drawing. 

 

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