"Title-page," by "Phiz" (Illustration for Charles Lever's "Barrington")

Title-page

Phiz (Hablot K. Browne)

1863

Charles Lever's Barrington

Clearly, this equestrian is not Dinah Barrington in her youth, but the daring horsewoman Polly Dill, whose actions in "The Wager" (plate ) and "Barrington's Ford" (Chapter XIV) result in her unwillingly being rescued by Fred Conyers.

Image scan and text by Philip V. Allingham.

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