'He sought the screen / Of thorny thickets, and there fell unseen'

Grayscale illustration of an old man with a long white beard kneeling on the ground in a thorny thicket. A stone angel in the background faces him.

Jubal, now old and withered, is visited by the angel of life and death.

Harper, William St. John (1851-1910)

Andrew, George T. (fl. 1880s-1890s), engraver

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

1884

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The Legend of Jubal (Poetry)

Harper, William St. John (1851-1910), 'He sought the screen / Of thorny thickets, and there fell unseen', 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/83603