Illustration on Page 62a of the 1886 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition, Golden Ladder Series" Reprint Depicting a Ship at Sea
Citation
Evans, Edmund, “Illustration on Page 62a of the 1886 James Nisbet & Co. "New Edition, Golden Ladder Series" Reprint Depicting a Ship at Sea,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed February 23, 2025, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/2325.
Description
This 4-color wood engraving, appearing on page 62a of the 1886 James Nisbet & Co. Golden Ladder Series reprint, depicts a ship on a rough sea. The illustration first appeared without color in James Nisbet's 1853 Author's Edition (see 3WIS). The caption to the image reads "Far From Home" with a reference to page 62. The image depicts a large ship crossing through a rough and foaming sea. However, the ship is heading towards a horizon of softer and brighter colors, representing a hopeful future ahead for the young passenger, Ellen Montgomery.
Subjects
Ship
Date
1886
Source
Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, New ed. Golden Ladder Series, London: James Nisbet & Co., 1886.
Creator
Evans, Edmund
Contributor
UVA-The University of Virginia
Publisher
The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition
Nisbet
Nisbet
Rights
The Wide, Wide World Digital Edition by Jessica DeSpain, Jennifer Brady, Melissa White, and Jill Anderson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Relation
IsPartOf 8UVA
Identifier
8UVA_33_62a