Dr Lydgate and Rosamond

Dr Lydgate and Rosamond

William Ladd Taylor, American, 1854-1926)

Exact date unknown

Photo-etching from a drawing by Taylor

Source: Eliot, following p. 184.

Rosamond's frivolity and incomprehension, and Lydgate's puzzlement and disappointment, are both vividly captured here, partly in Rosamond's flounced dress and averted gaze, and Lydgate's posture, but mainly in their facial expressions. The mismatch could not be clearer.

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