Frontispiece of the [1922] T. Nelson & Sons "The Nelson Classics" Reprint Depicting Alice Comforting Ellen After the Loss of Her Letter

“Frontispiece of the [1922] T. Nelson & Sons "The Nelson Classics" Reprint Depicting Alice Comforting Ellen After the Loss of Her Letter,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed November 24, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/2221.

This black and white Frontispiece is from the [1922] Nelson & Sons"The Nelsons Classics" Reprint. It depicts Alice comforting a sad Ellen, over the loss of her letter. Alice is dressed dark colors, sitting on a chair, so that she may be at eye level of Ellen, who is dressed in light colors. Alice is holding Ellen's face closer to hers. An inscription below the illustration says, "The one was too happy and the other too touched to say a word."

Alice Comforting Ellen After the Loss of Her Letter
Ellen
Alice

1922

Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, The Nelson Classics, London: T. Nelson & Sons, [1922].

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