From the classics....

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Before I even read your comment. I thought it was Jane Eyre. I read it as a child, along with Wuthering Heights.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Fri 28 Feb 14:40:57

A good idea to go back to the authors description. Your lady has a striking appearance, and she is definitely of the period.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 28 Feb 14:58:54

Hang on Studio Wall

28/02/2020

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Not all heroes and heroines look like George Clooney or Sophia Loren...This is my version of how Jane Eyre may really look, or at least as I see her, a normal everyday governess,school teacher of the period. Looks are superficial, the goodness is inside her . In the book Charlotte Bronte has Jane describe herself as, "poor, obscure, plain and little."...I enjoyed the challenge and may take it further...

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Jim Morris

I've reached 83 (84 in September ) years young and love to paint and draw. Watercolours are my preference used also with line and wash. I paint or sketch something most days of whatever takes my fancy. Glad to have found this site. I don't feel I have a set painting style but I tend to go for…

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