'The children always called him "Old Master Marner."'
Title
'The children always called him "Old Master Marner."'
Alt Text Description
Colored illustration of children scrambling on a wall while looking at an old man. He walks with a cane and a bundle of cloth.
Description
Children scramble on a wall. They call Silas “Old Master Marner” because, though he’s not yet forty, he has withered due to his only purpose of working and procuring more gold. Silas walks with a cane and a bundle of cloth to sell.
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), 'The children always called him "Old Master Marner."', 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/83394
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