'Sat on Dolly's knee'

Grayscale illustration of a seated woman with a naked child on her knee. A small water tub sits on the floor and an old man watches from the corner.

Dolly Winthrop holds Eppie on her knee after the child’s bath. Mrs. Winthrop had come to Silas’s to give him Aaron’s hand-me-downs for Eppie to wear.

Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920)

George Eliot Archive , edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org

1907

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Thomson, Hugh (1860-1920), 'Sat on Dolly's knee', 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/83364