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Stipple engraving of a veiled woman reading a small book while leaning on a flowered tombstone in a graveyard.

A woman leaning on a tombstone in a graveyard reading from her bible. Stipple engraving by J. Cochran after Joseph John Jenkins, 1839.

A woman in a dark lace veil and pale gown leans against a flowered gravestone, holding an open book near her chest. Behind her, headstones and a distant hillside fade into soft tonal shading, typical of a stipple engraving.

Artist
Joseph John Jenkins
Date
1839
Medium
Stipple engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2825 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1839.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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