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A young woman in country dress stands in a field holding grain under her arm. The print illustrates stanza IV: "And her hat, with shady brim, / Made her tressy forehead dim;– / Thus she stood amid the stooks, / Praising God with sweetest looks."
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Title: Ruth (No. 27 in "Passages from the Poems of Thomas Hood, Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, in Thirty-Four Plates")
Etcher:
Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London)
Author:
Thomas Hood (British, London 1799–1845 London)
Publisher:
Issued by The Junior Etching Club (British, 19th century)
Publisher:
E. Gambart & Co. , London
Date: 1858
Medium: Etching on chine collé
Dimensions:
Plate: 6 13/16 × 4 15/16 in. (17.3 × 12.5 cm)
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 10 5/8 in. (37 × 27 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1926
Accession Number: 26.12.3(27)
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