English: The Mayor of Casterbridge. Illustration for The Graphic, 2 January 1886.
'Hay-trussing — ?' said the turnip-hoer, who had already begun shaking his head. 'O no.'
From Robert Barnes's illustrations for the 1886 weekly serialised edition of Thomas Hardy's novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. This illustration, the first, depicts the protagonist, Michael Henchard, on the way to a fair to sell his wife and baby daughter.
2011-05-14 00:30 Roscelese 589×459× (414922 bytes) '' 'Hay-trussing — ?' said the turnip-hoer, who had already begun shaking his head. 'O no.' '' From Robert Barnes's illustrations for the 1886 weekly serialised edition of [[Thomas Hardy]]'s novel ''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge]''. This illustration, the first, depicts the protagonist, Michael Henchard, on the way to a fair to [[Wife selling (English custom)|sell his wife]] and baby daughter. Public domain; Barnes died 1895.
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