'To ask the name of this town'
Title
'To ask the name of this town'
Alt Text Description
Colored illustration of an old man and young woman stopping in a bustling street scene to talk to another woman.
Description
Silas Marner and Eppie travel to Lantern Yard to find out if Silas’s name has ever been cleared of the robbery he was accused of in his youth. Silas Marner finds the place much changed and keeps asking passersby the city’s name.
Illustrator
Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920)
Publisher
George Eliot Archive , edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org
Date
1907
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Work Illustrated
Silas Marner
Citation
Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920), 'To ask the name of this town', George Eliot Illustrations Gallery, George Eliot Archive , edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/83351
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