Madding Collection

Wessex / Waterstone House
Wessex scenery: Waterstone House, Dorset, home of Bathsheba Everdene in Thomas Hardys novel Far From the Madding Crowd

Writing / Gray Poem
Part of the manuscript of his poem, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard, inspired by a visit to Stoke Poges Churchyard, Bucks

A Couple Boating on the River Thames, 1879
Illustration showing a young couple, boating on the River Thames, enjoying a quiet moment among the long grasses of the river bank

WESSEX / PUDDLETOWN 1906
Wessex scenery: Puddletown, Dorset, model for Weatherbury in Thomas Hardys novel Far From the Madding Crowd Date: 1906

PUDDLETOWN / DORSET / 1906
Puddletown, Dorset (the model for Weatherbury in Thomas Hardys novel, Far From the Madding Crowd) Date: 1906

Caricature of A W Pinero, actor and playwright
Caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director. Seen here outside the Globe Theatre, London, where an adaptation of Thomas Hardys novel

Caricature of A W Pinero, John Hare and W H Kendal
Caricature of A W Pinero (left, 1855-1934), John Hare (centre, 1844-1921) and William Hunter Kendal (right, 1843-1917), toasting the success of Pineros play, The Squire, at St Jamess Theatre, London

Caricature of A W Pinero as a clown
Caricature of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934), English actor, playwright and stage director. Seen here as a Christmas pantomime clown at St Jamess Theatre, London

Wessex / Abbotsbury Barn
Wessex scenery: tithe-barn at Abbotsbury, scene of the sheep-shearing in Thomas Hardys novel Far From the Madding Crowd Date: 1906

Thomas Hardys Far from the Madding Crowd
Bathsheba and Farmer Boldwood. An illustration from Thomas Hardys Far from the Madding Crowd

Puddletown / Dorset / 1910
Puddletown, Dorset (the model for Weatherbury in Thomas Hardys novel, Far From the Madding Crowd)

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