"And he stirred, lifting his strong arm.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: "And he stirred, lifting his strong arm.”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here Mr. Rochester holds Jane’s veil before their wedding. This scene occurs when the truth about Mr. Rochester’s marriage came out. Mr. Rochester was married to a woman who suffered from severe mental illness, and so he confined her to the top floor of Thornfield. When Jane arrived, she was not told about Mr. Rochester’s wife, but she started walking through the halls at night, coming into Jane’s room the night before her wedding. Mr. Rochester’s brother-in-law confronted him about his marriage, seen here.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24901
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_24901_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre