Moorland scene near Hathersage (Morton) · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Moorland scene near Hathersage (Morton)
Subject: Brontë family; Moors (Wetlands) in art; Moors (Wetlands) in literature; Moors (Wetlands); Landscapes; Historic rural landscapes; Landscapes in literature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Derbyshire; Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see the moorlands near the village of Hathersage, a village in Derbyshire. After running away from Thornfield after ending her engagement to Mr. Rochester Jane ended up in Morton, which was based on the real village of Hathersage. She arrived at Moor house with Mr. Rivers and his sisters, Diana and Mary. She lived with them for several months and taught at the village school before returning to Mr. Rochester. Before arriving at Moorhouse Jane spent two days and nights walking around the moorlands. The same image appears in the 1899 Harper edition of Jane Eyre.
Image Creator: R. W. Bland (engraver);C. Barrow Keene (engraver); R. W. Bland (engraver); C. Barrow Keene (engraver)
Type: StillImage; Photogravure
Identifier: mta:24808
Language: eng
Source Name: Jane Eyre
Parent Collection: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. Illustration by G. Richmond, Photogravures by R.W. Bland and C.B. Keene (1899); "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. Illustration by G. Richmond, Photogravures by R.W. Bland and C.B. Keene (1899)
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Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: Brontë family; Moors (Wetlands) in art; Moors (Wetlands) in literature; Moors (Wetlands); Landscapes; Historic rural landscapes; Landscapes in literature

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