Initial letter A Vignette, "Wenna at the Piano," by George du Maurier for William Black's <span class="book">Three Feathers</span> (February 1875)

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Initial letter "A" vignette: Wenna at the Piano

George du Maurier

February 1875

7.7 cm high by 6.5 cm wide (3 by 2 ⅝ inches), vignetted

The Cornhill Magazine (31): 129.

Du Maurier's vignette illustration for Ch. 29, Three Feathers (February 1875) by William Black.

Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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Passage Illustrated

But after dinner she went to the small piano, while her mother took a big easy-chair near the fire; and he sat by the table, apparently looking over some books. There was no more reckless laughter then.

In ancient times — that is to say, in the half-forgotten days of our youth — a species of song existed which exists no more. It was not as the mournful ballads of these days, which seem to record the gloomy utterances of a strange young woman who has apparently wandered into the magic scene in"Der Freischutz," and who mixes up the moanings of her passion with descriptions of the sights and sounds she there finds around her. It was of quite another stamp. [Chapter XXIII, "Love-making at Land's End," 187 in the 1892 edition]

Bibliography

Allingham, Philip V. "The Illustrations for William Black's Three Feathers." (2001).

Black, William. Three Feathers. Illustrated by George du Maurier. The Cornhill Magazine, Vols. XXX & XXXI (August 1874 through June 1875).

Black, William. Three Feathers: A Novel. Illustrated by George du Maurier. London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1875. 3 vols. Rpt., 1892 in a single volume.

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