“Two young ladies appeared before me.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “Two young ladies appeared before me.”
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; English literature; Women authors; Cousins; Fiction; Cousins; family; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature; Aunts; Fiction; Aunts in literature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Jane’s cousins, Eliza and Georgiana Reed. This scene happens when Jane returns to Gateshead Hall at her aunt’s request. Jane’s aunt Reed asked to see Jane and one of her servants came to Thornfield to bring her back to Gateshead. Georgiana stands on the left and Eliza on the right.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24878
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_24878_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; English literature; Women authors; Cousins; Fiction; Cousins; family; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature; Aunts; Fiction; Aunts in literature