‘What is it and who did it?’ he asked · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: ‘What is it and who did it?’ he asked
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: There were several mysterious incidents that occurred while Jane lived at Thornfield. This image shows the first, where Jane heard a noise outside her door, and when she went into the hall, she found that the bedcurtains in Mr. Rochester’s room had been set on fire. Jane blamed Grace Poole – another servant who took care of Mr. Rochester’s wife; however, we learn later in the novel that this was done by Mr. Rochester’s mentally ill wife.
Image Creator: Frederick Henry Townsend (engraver)
Type: StillImage; woodcut
Identifier: mta:24759
Language: eng
Source Name: Jane Eyre; An Autobiography
Parent Collection: "Jane Eyre; An Autobiography" by Charlotte Brontë. Woodcuts by Frederick Henry Townsend (1897); "Jane Eyre; An Autobiography" by Charlotte Brontë. Woodcuts by Frederick Henry Townsend (1897)
Image: mta_24759_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: fire; Fire in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Brontë family; Mystery in literature; Beds in literature