'How I pity all the other girls at the archery meeting!'

Grayscale illustration of a woman standing in a bedroom in a white dress with one arm stretched out by a candle and another woman sitting by her.

Gwendolen stands in a bedroom in a white dress with one arm stretched out as if drawing a bow and her mother, Mrs. Davilow, sits behind her. Gwendolen is preparing for the Archery Meeting where she will meet Grandcourt for the first time. This scene depicts Gwendolen’s vanity and entitlement before her marriage. Gwendolen tells her mother that she pities the other girls at the meeting because they don't have a chance with Grandcourt (Book 1, Chapter 9).

Pegram, Frederick (1870-1937)

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

1908

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Pegram, Frederick (1870-1937), 'How I pity all the other girls at the archery meeting!', 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/83503