Star loan object at Wiltshire Museum
On loan from: The British Library
Tess of the D’Urbervilles is one of Hardy’s best known novels. The handwritten manuscript is covered with Hardy’s scribbles and re-writes, including a change to the title of the book. Fittingly, it will sit in Wiltshire Museum, less than an hour’s drive from Stonehenge where the climactic scene of the novel is set.
The manuscript will be displayed alongside a moonlit painting of Stonehenge, as well as Hardy’s comments on the proposal to move Stonehenge to America in the 1920s.
Our star loans were made possible by support from the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles manuscript

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