“A moderate pipe on the hearth.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “A moderate pipe on the hearth.”
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Mental illness in literature; Suspicion in literature; Fire in literature; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature; Medical personnel-caregiver relationships
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Grace Poole sitting by the hearth in her third-floor apartment in Thornfield. She was responsible for caring for Mr. Rochester’s mentally ill wife. Jane was unaware of this and was very suspicious of Grace Poole, blaming her for the suspicious activity going on in Thornfield, specifically the fire in Mr. Rochester’s room.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24871
Language: eng
Source Name: Jane Eyre
Parent Collection: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. Etchings by Edmund H. Garrett (1890); "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. Etchings by Edmund H. Garrett (1890)
Image: mta_24871_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Mental illness in literature; Suspicion in literature; Fire in literature; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature; Medical personnel-caregiver relationships