3-052-654 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"She had made her sisters' pinafores when they were younger; now she cut out their bonnets and dresses, turning her nimble fingers to anything", 1880. Illustration to a short story: "The Governess". 'Rosamond, the eldest, a resolute young lady of twenty-seven, with calm, steadfast eyes and a face habitually pale, remained at home, and was the angel of the house. She had made her sisters' pinafores when they were younger; now she cut out their bonnets and dresses, turning her nimble fingers to anything'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.