I took a seat; St. John stood near me. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: I took a seat; St. John stood near me.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Mr. Rivers and Jane Eyre standing outside in the moors of England. 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. He told Jane to take some time to consider his offer. She went for a walk in the moors and sat down near a waterfall. Mr. Rivers found her, and she ultimately declined his offer.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24912
Language: eng
Source Name: Jane Eyre
Parent Collection: "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. Etchings by Edmund H. Garrett (1890)
Image: mta_24912_OBJ.png