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- Tags: flowers
Frontispiece to the 1892 J. B. Lippincott Co. "New Edition" Reprint Depicting Ellen Standing in a Garden
This illustration, appearing as the frontispiece to the 1892 J. B. Lippincott Company "New Edition" reprint, depicts Ellen standing in a garden. A caption below the illustration reads, "Bear a lily in thy hand: / Gates of brass cannot withstand / One touch of that mighty wand." This caption quotes a stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Maidenhood," and emphasizes Ellen's innocence and purity. In the illustration, Ellen stands in a garden surrounded by flowers and trees. She holds a book in one hand and caresses a lily with the other. She wears a brimmed hat with a bow and gazes directly at the viewer of the illustration.
Subjects: Ellen
Identifier: 9CIA_14
Frontispiece to the 1896 Hodder and Stoughton Reprint Depicting Ellen Among the Lilies
This illustration, appearing as the frontispiece to the 1896 Hodder and Stoughton reprint, depicts Ellen in a flower garden. The caption is a stanza from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s 1842 poem “Maidenhood.” There is a reference to page 511, the first page of Chapter XLVIII, during which Ellen and her Uncle Lindsay tour Edinburgh. In addition to being quoted in this caption, Longfellow’s stanza appears as an epigraph to the chapter referenced and to the novel as a whole. The image portrays Ellen within a lily patch, positioned in a demure stance with her head bowed, and emphasizes Ellen’s purity while reinforcing her connection to the divine. The gate in the background refers to Longfellow’s verse and to Biblical “gates of brass,” broken down by an Old Testament God (King James Version, Ps. 107.16 and Isa. 45.2).
Subjects: Among Lilies, Ellen
Tags: flowers
Frontispiece to Volume 2 of the [1902] Home Book Co. Reprint, Version 1 Depicting a Cottage
This black and white photograph is a frontispiece from the 1902 Home Book Co. Reprint. It depicts a cottage, surrounded by folaige and flora, set against a back drop of hills. The title of the image is at the middle right of the page. It says "ELLENS HOME."
Subjects: Cottage
Identifier: 63CIA_14
Full Cover of 1887 "James Nisbet & Co. "Golden Ladder Series, New Edition" Reprint Depicting the Letter Carrier's Arrival
Subjects: Full Cover, The Letter Carrier Arriving, Ellen, Father Swaim
Tags: child, flowers, publisher's monogram
Full Cover of the [1878] Milner & Co. Reprint, Version 1
Subjects: Full Cover
Tags: birds, Egyptian revival, flowers, grass, palm fronds, sun
Identifier: 26CIA_1
Full Cover of the [1893] Walter Scott, Ltd. "Emerald Library" Reprint
Subjects: Full Cover
Identifier: 38CIA_1
Full Cover of the [1896] Walter Scott, Ltd. "Complete Ed." Reprint
Subjects: Full Cover
Tags: cartouche, daisies, flowers, orientalism
Identifier: 10CIA_1
Full Cover of the [1899] George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. Reprint, Version 1
Subjects: Full Cover
Tags: cartouche, flowers, publisher's monogram
Identifier: 36CIA_1