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| Jane and Cassandra Austen Tending Their Garden at Steventon |
Phew! Finished at last. Has this been my most fiddly to date? Probably. It has also been a bit of a mission tracking down suitable prints that I thought fitted the period.
My admittedly shallow researches so far didn't actually turn up any references to either Jane or her sister Cassandra tending their garden at Steventon Rectory, their practical enthusiasms seemed channelled into putting their ensembles together and attending dances but I daresay they may have done some genteel pruning or cutting of flowers for the house.
But they most certainly did patchwork.
In a letter written to Cassandra in 1811 Jane wrote:
"Have you remembered to collect pieces for the patchwork - we are now at a standstill?" And I believe one is on display at the Jane Austen Museum in Chawton. So I've got that right, anyway
I don't seem to be able to capture the brightness of this picture. I've taken about a dozen shots but none of them come up to the mark. I'm looking forward to getting some professional style photos taken by my daughter when she arrives at the back end of July.
Bear with me!
It's wonderful! Love the sky! What happened to the scowling Jane in the first picture - I liked her! :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha. I put her in this funny little box I keep on my worktable, it's full of discarded cats, dogs, birds and clouds and stuff that might come in useful at a future date. I wanted this to be a happy summery picture. The hatchet-faced one would have thrown the balance and not in a good way!
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