The couple were thus revealed to me. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The couple were thus revealed to me.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Celine Varens and her suitor while Mr. Rochester looks in from the balcony. Mlle. Varens was Mr. Rochester’s mistress and Mr. Rochester put her up in a hotel. He decided to surprise her at her hotel, however, she brought home a suitor from the military. He was outraged and kicked Celine out of the hotel and ended his relationship with her immediately.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24870
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_24870_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: Brontë family; Fictitious characters; fictional works; Flirting in literature; Marriage in literature; Marriage customs and rites in literature; Mistresses in literature; Mistresses; Fiction; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature