Going Fishing

Title

Going Fishing

Alt Text Description

Grayscale illustration of young boy, fishing rod over his shoulder, and a young girl following a dirt path into the wood.

Description

Maggie and Tom are on their way to go fishing in the Round Pool after Tom returns home from his first school. They enjoy their time together and think that things will never change. (Book 1, Chapter 5) *Note that this image also belongs to the text "Brother and Sister"

Illustrator

Shelton, W[illiam] H[enry] (1840-1932)

Publisher

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

Date

1894

Rights

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Work Illustrated

The Mill on the Floss

Citation

Shelton, W[illiam] H[enry] (1840-1932), Going Fishing, 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/83572

Illustration