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Darley’s Compositions in Outline from Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter, 1879

worn book cover with title and author in black and red calligraphy|"Compositions in Outline From Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter" by F.O.C. Darley|illustration of a woman and several men looking pensively at a small girl holding one man's hand|illustration of a woman holding a baby on the front steps of a home

Compositions in Outline From Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter

worn book cover with title and author in black and red calligraphy|"Compositions in Outline From Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter" by F.O.C. Darley|illustration of a woman and several men looking pensively at a small girl holding one man's hand|illustration of a woman holding a baby on the front steps of a home

Date: 1879

Type: Book

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Description

In 1879 artist F.O.C. Darley created these illustrations of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” featuring scenes from the novel. This copy is inscribed to Henry W. Longfellow, a “friend of many years.”