“A vision, as it seemed to me, had risen at his side.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “A vision, as it seemed to me, had risen at his side.”
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Teachers; Fiction; teaching; teachers; Benefactors; Wealth in literature; Wealth; Fiction; Wealth; Great Britain; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Mr. Rivers with a young woman, standing outside the wall of the schoolhouse in Morton. After arriving in Morton, Mr. Rivers gave Jane a job working as the schoolmistress. The woman standing with Mr. Rivers is Miss Olivia, the donor for the school. She asked to come visit the school and help Jane with teaching.
Image Creator: Edmund H. Garrett (etcher)
Type: StillImage; etching
Identifier: mta:24908
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_24908_OBJ.png
Collection: Jane Eyre
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Teachers; Fiction; teaching; teachers; Benefactors; Wealth in literature; Wealth; Fiction; Wealth; Great Britain; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature