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Qui il sergente Buzfuz de \"Il Circolo Pickwick\" è reso con inchiostro e acquerello. Il libro, pubblicato nel 1837, rimane eccezionalmente popolare, soprattutto per la sua spietata presa in giro della legge e degli avvocati. 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I ​​personaggi raffigurati, Edwin e Angelina (dall'omonima ballata del romanziere settecentesco Oliver Goldsmith), sono dipinti con una tenerezza e un'eleganza che ne testimoniano l'abilità, risplendendo quasi luminosi nella penombra seppia della grotta dell'eremita.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Il dipinto cattura uno scambio pieno di promesse: Angelina, sulla destra, è travestita da pellegrino in cammino verso il pentimento, convinta che il suo corteggiatore Edwin, respinto, sia morto di crepacuore. Un eremita che incontra consiglia ad Angelina, che si è nascosta, di rinunciare completamente alle donne, ma dopo aver rivelato la sua vera identità, l'eremita a sua volta dichiara di essere Edwin e i due amanti si riuniscono.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLa ballata fu pubblicata nel romanzo di Goldsmith \"Il vicario di Wakefield\" nel 1766, uno dei romanzi più popolari e letti del XVIII secolo tra i vittoriani. 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