She did not stoop towards me, but only gazed, leaning back in her chair · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: She did not stoop towards me, but only gazed, leaning back in her chair
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: During the time in which Mr. Rochester hosted company at Thornfield, a psychic shows up at Thornfield while Mr. Rochester was out. Here Jane meets with the psychic. The psychic drew out the fact that Jane was in love with Mr. Rochester. Jane discovers at the end of the conversation that the psychic was really Mr. Rochester in disguise.
Image Creator: Frederick Henry Townsend (engraver)
Type: StillImage; woodcut
Identifier: mta:24767
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_24767_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: fictional works; Fictitious characters; Brontë family; Psychic ability; Fiction; Psychics; Fiction; Psychic readings; Psychic ability; Disguise in literature; Disguise; Fiction