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Pamela preparing to go home
(1743-1744)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1921
- Gallery location
- 17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
In Samuel Richardson’s novel Pamela, in order to avoid further threats to her virtue, decides to leave Danby Hall, where the lecherous Squire B. employs her. We see her preparing to depart. At her feet are the sumptuous clothes offered to her by Squire B., which she refuses to accept, as they would be ‘the price of my shame’. Instead, she clutches her own poor rags to her chest.
Artwork Details
Felton Bequest, 1921
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Level 2, NGV International