“Mr. Rochester held the candle over him.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “Mr. Rochester held the candle over him.”
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Entertaining; English literature; Women authors; Sisters in literature; Brothers and sisters; Mental illness in literature; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: One of the unexpected guests at Thornfield during the party was Mr. Mason, Mr. Rochester’s bother in law. In the night, Mr. Mason snuck upstairs to see his sister who attacked him with a knife. Mr. Rochester then went out to get the surgeon, while Jane watched over Mr. Mason. Jane was unaware who Mr. Mason was, nor did she know about Mrs. Rochester.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24876
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_24876_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Entertaining; English literature; Women authors; Sisters in literature; Brothers and sisters; Mental illness in literature; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature