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This black and white lithograph is a frontispiece from the 1896 Walter Scott, Ltd. Reprint. The image depicts a scene from page 9, when Ellen is serving her mother tea and toast on a tray. Ellen's mother, covered in a shawl and sitting on her couch, takes the tea cup from the tray, smiling. Ellen's head is bowed toward the tray in filial submission.

This is the illustration on page 192b of the 1853 H.G. Bohn Reprint, Version 1 depicting Mr. Van Brunt reading to Ellen at her sickbed. Ellen, dressed in a white nightgown, is staring up at Mr. Van Brunt with her head on her hand, while in bed. Mr. Van Brunt is sitting in a chair at her bedside with a book open on his lap, and is looking back at her. He is dressed in black, and has his arm resting on the table beside a bowl of food. The caption reads, "Go on please."

This black and white illustration, found on page 450a of the [1907] Grosset & Dunlap reprint, depicts Ellen standing at Alice's deathbed. In the illustration, Ellen is standing inside the enclosed space of Alice's bed curtain. Ellen is placing lilies and roses that she is holding in her apron around the sleeping Alice's head. A caption below the illustration reads, "And she'd lay a rose here and and a rosebud there." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 450.

This black and white illustration, found on page 64a of the [1907] Grosset & Dunlap reprint, depicts Ellen saying goodbye to her mother. In the illustration, Ellen is embracing her mother in bed as her father reaches for her to come with him. A caption below the illustration reads, "It seemed as if she would pour out her very heart in tears." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 65 of the novel.

This full-color illustration, found on page 196b of the [1907] Collins' Clear-Type Press reprint, depicts Mr. Van Brunt catching Nancy at Ellen's sickbed. In the illustration, Mr. Van Brunt has caught Nancy by the wrists in front of Ellen's bed. A chair is knocked over behind Nancy and Ellen watches the two while laying in her sickbed. A caption below the illustration reads, "She was caught at last."

This black and white illustration on page 368b of the [1896] Walter Scott, Ltd. "Complete Edition" reprint, depicts Ellen, Margery, and the Humphreys grieving Alice's deathbed. In the illustration, Alice is laying in bed, looking at John as leans over and places a hand on her as Ellen stands behind him, face in her hands. Mr. Humphreys and Margery stand by the door behind Ellen. A caption below the illustration reads, "He took away one of her hands from under her face." The scene depicted in this illustration is on page 370 of the novel.

This black and white frontispiece of the 1896 Walter Scott, Ltd. "Complete Edition" reprint, Ellen serving Mamma tea in the parlour. In the illustration, Mamma is receiving a teacup from a platter Ellen is holding. A caption below the illustration reads, "She used to carry the tea and toast on a little tray to her mother's side." From page 9 of the novel.

This illustration, appearing on page 10d of the 1888 J.B. Lippincott Co. reprint, depicts Ellen kneeling in front of her mother, who is seated on a couch in the parlour. She is positioned so that we can see the profile of her face, and her expression appears sorrowful, as does her mother's. Beneath the illustration, in a cursive script, is the name of the artist, Frederick Dielman, and the line "What is the matter, dear mother?" from page 11 of the text. At the very bottom of the page, in the same script, is the title of the book along with the volume and page number.