Janet at Mrs. Pettifer's Door

Grayscale illustration of a frightened woman knocking the door knocker of a house. She wears a white night dress and is barefoot.

Janet Dempster has been locked out of her home late a night by her abusive husband. Clothed only in a thin nightdress, Janet is forced to seek refuge from a kind neighbor, Mrs. Pettifer.

Taylor, William Ladd (1854-1926)

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

1888

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Scenes of Clerical Life "Janet's Repentance"

Taylor, William Ladd (1854-1926), Janet at Mrs. Pettifer's Door, 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/83646