"This Is Folly!," She Exclaimed, "This Is Madness."

"This Is Folly!," She Exclaimed, "This Is Madness."
"This Is Folly!," She Exclaimed, "This Is Madness."

"This Is Folly!," She Exclaimed, "This Is Madness."

Datenot dated
Artist (American draftsman and illustrator, 1822–1888)
Illustration CitationRob Roy, by Walter Scott (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1884)
MediumEngraving
Dimensionsplate: 9 13/16 × 7 in. (24.9 × 17.8 cm)
sheet: 13 7/16 × 10 3/8 in. (34.1 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Douglas Davidson, 1938
Object number1938-101
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn 1884, Darley was one of several artists whose illustrations appeared in Houghton Mifflin's Abbotsford Edition of Sir Walter Scott's The Waverly Novels, including Rob Roy.
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not dated
Running Horses
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Felix Octavius Carr Darley
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Two men with plough horse
Two men with plough horse
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not dated
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not dated
Man with head in hands sitting in front of fireplace
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not dated
Woman seated in chair with crutch at side
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Felix Octavius Carr Darley
not dated
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Girl Reading with Two Elderly Women
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Man wearing wig sitting in chair smoking pipe
Man wearing wig sitting in chair smoking pipe
Felix Octavius Carr Darley
not dated
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