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an ergatively marked noun

A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

Certainly Lady Dilke and Herkomer played up this tradition in the portrayal: her attitude and facial expression, along with her clothing and superior positioning suggest a woman of honor and virtue, one who knows how to conform to proper societal codes of dress that themselves enact honor and virtue, a self contained, controlled and disciplined by corsetwear, which has its own set of codes and meanings.