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'Hetty Sorrel', c1902. Creator: Unknown.

'Hetty Sorrel', c1902. A character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede. After discovering she is pregnant, Hetty kills the baby by abandoning it in a field, where it dies of exposure. She is caught and tried for child murder. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902].

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Title: 'Hetty Sorrel', c1902. Creator: Unknown.

Caption: 'Hetty Sorrel', c1902. A character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede. After discovering she is pregnant, Hetty kills the baby by abandoning it in a field, where it dies of exposure. She is caught and tried for child murder. From The Nation's Pictures. A selection from the finest modern paintings in the public picture galleries of Great Britain, reproduced in colour. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, c1902]

Personalities: JOHN COLLIER

Credit: Album / Heritage Images / The Print Collector

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Image size: 3197 × 5250 px | 48.0 MB

Print size: 27.1 × 44.5 cm | 1258.7 × 2066.9 in (300 dpi)

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