Illustration on Page 378a of the 1886 James Nisbet "New Edition, Golden Ladder Series" Reprint Depicting Thomas Delivering The Pilgrim's Progress
Citation
“Illustration on Page 378a of the 1886 James Nisbet "New Edition, Golden Ladder Series" Reprint Depicting Thomas Delivering The Pilgrim's Progress,” Wide, Wide World Digital Edition, accessed April 25, 2024, https://widewideworlddigitaledition.siue.edu/items/show/2328.
Description
This 4-color wood engraving, appearing on page 378a of the 1886 James Nisbet edition, depicts Thomas handing Ellen a parcel in Aunt Fortune's Kitchen, while Aunt Fortune watches in the background. The illustration first appeared without color in James Nisbet's 1853 Author's Edition (see 3WIS). The parcel being delivered contains a copy of Pilgrim's Progress, which is intended to help spiritually guide Ellen.
Subjects
Thomas Delivering The Pilgrim’s Progress
Ellen
Thomas
Nancy
Ellen
Thomas
Nancy
Date
1853
Source
Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Warner]. The Wide, Wide World. Reprint, New ed. Golden Ladder Series, London: James Nisbet & Co., 1886.
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_378a