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All above illustrations by Constance Hill (1901)
from Jane Austen in Perspective - an introduction to Jane Austen

Southampton (1810). Here Jane Austen made her home from the autumn of 1806 to the spring of 1809. Southampton’s proximity to the water made amends to her for living in a town. Picture (Avon County Library) and caption from Maggie Lane’s Jane Austen’s England, 1986.
Southampton (1810).

 

‘Portsmouth Point’ by Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1811, satirizing various types of lower-class boisterousness and carousing in Portsmouth harbour. From www.pemberley.com
Portsmouth Point by Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1811

 

 The gentry bathing at the seaside at Scarborough, 1776.
The gentry bathing at the seaside at Scarborough, 1776. 
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a market place
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Pamela Whalan suggests spatial relationships in Northanger Abbey.  		booksel2.jpg (33984 bytes)
booksellers in Book Reviews
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hypothetical map of Highbury from Emma's Men – Study Day 		St Paul's Cathedral
Jane Austen in London		 Detail from The Royal Academy Exhibition at Somerset House, 1787 by JH Ramber, engraved by PA Martini, 1788.
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Covent Garden, c. 1750
‘London Bridge is falling down’ – and though the 12th century stone bridge was renovated in 1756, it did actually come down in 1830, and was rebuilt. The houses on the bridge helped pay for the 18th century renovations.
London Bridge		 Vauxhall Gardens in 1751. The supper boxes were in the two curved arcades and the orchestra played in the octagonal bandstand.
Vauxhall Gardens in 1751
Clifton Bridge		 Harding, Howell & Co., a fashionable draper’s shop in Pall Mall, 1796-1820.
a fashionable draper’s shop		 When the Thames froze, as in the winter of 1739-40. it was traditional to hold a Frost Fair. Printing presses on the ice turned out these souvenirs. Near London Bridge people are watching bear-baiting. More people are waiting in line for a slice of ox being roasted nearby. Stalls sold jewellery and other fairings.
When the Thames froze, in the winter of 1739-40
A theatre riot in 1762, when the management of the Covent Garden Theatre threatened to raise seat prices. Note the stage lighting, and the boxes overlooking the stage.
a theatre riot in 1762
 

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27 June 2006

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