Their Precious Book

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Two lovers are sitting in the woods, leaning against each other while reading from the same book

They took out their precious book.

Artist

Name:: Millais, John Everett
Dates:: 1829-1896
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Engraver:: Swain, Joseph
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Robarts Library, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:: Once a week, vol. 6 (December 1861-June 1862)
Author:: Collective work
Publisher:: London: Bradbury & Evans, 1862

Description:

A woman wearing a hat and a man with his sword lying at his side sit on a grassy bank, leaning tenderly against each other and reading from a book placed between them.

There is a watercolor version of this illustration, which was created for Sister Anna’s Probation by Harriet Martineau.

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