Sujet
The Scarlet Letter, 1861. Creator: Hugues Merle.
Légende
The Scarlet Letter, 1861. Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of "The Scarlet Letter" (1850), regarded this painting, which William Walters commissioned from Merle in 1859, as the finest illustration of his novel. Set in Puritan Boston, the novel relates how Hester Prynne was publicly disgraced and condemned to wear a scarlet letter "A" for adultery. Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister who fathered her child, and Roger Chillingworth, Hester's elderly husband, appear in the background.
Date
1861
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM23B21_425
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,5Mo (1,5Mo) / 33,7cm x 42,0cm / 3983 x 4960 (300dpi)