I went out and approached him, as he stood leaning over the little gate. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: I went out and approached him, as he stood leaning over the little gate.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Mr. Rivers and Jane Eyre standing near the gate of Moor House. Mr. Rivers tried to convince Jane to join him on a mission with the church to India, but she refused. He asked her to marry him before he left to go to India, but Jane refused, saying that she would never get married. He argued that missionary work was much more effective when a married couple went together, but Jane was uninterested. In this image, Jane says goodbye to Mr. Rivers before he left to go to India alone.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24913
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_24913_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre