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Please don't take a lot of these images and put them in your own WWW pages en masse without permission (as one group did last year); some of these images are standard icons and buttons, but many (especially the Jane Austen and genealogy images) were made or scanned in by me. However, I give free permission for anyone to use my images janepics.jpg, enh-lynx.gif, noframes.gif, noframsm.gif, noframbg.gif, optmlynx.gif, star-lin.gif, texasbkg.gif, top99jok.gif, wrldplat.gif, and wrtletbw.gif in their own HTML pages (without necessarily surrendering any basic copyright I may have on these images).

JPEG Images (links)
Larger GIF Images (links)
Alphabetized list of smaller GIF Images (in-line)

Warning: some of the .gif images here are color-reduced greyscales (since monochrome line art or text on a white background can be reduced to 16 colors or less, thus greatly reducing image filesize, while still being rather effectively anti-aliased); however, the default rendering algorithm of some versions of Netscape on certain video drivers may wash out these images in shades of pink or green.

JPEG Images (links)

Picture of Jane Austen janepict.jpg
Reduced version of this picture janepics.jpg
Somewhat manipulated image of original sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra jacportr.jpg
Reduced version of this picture jacports.jpg
Back-view portrait by Cassandra of Jane Austen (poor-quality greyscale JPEG) auscport.jpg
Back-view portrait by Cassandra of Jane Austen (poor-quality color JPEG) auscprt2.jpg (this is a greatly enhanced and size-reduced modification of a large poor-quality .gif originally found on the temporary official JASNA site formerly at http://ericps.ed.uiuc.edu/~laura/.)
Woman in a ball gown, taken from a painting (1810s?) balpaint.jpg
Coach(?) and six coach-n6.jpg
Dancing dress, 1809 (Rather modern-looking in some ways) dancdres.jpg
Jane Austen's sister Cassandra's portrait of their niece Fanny Knight fankncas.jpg
Lady in the "Fourth Position of Dancing" (from Wilson's Analysis of Country Dancing, 1811) ldy4danc.jpg
All five "Positions of Dancing" (from Wilson's Analysis of Country Dancing, 1811, poor-quality JPEG) wils-all.jpg
Silly cover of a printing of Northanger Abbey which was marketed as a gothic novel (USA, 1965) nhabgoth.jpg
The Hippopotamus Polka (Victorian silliness ca. 1850) hippolka.jpg
Picture of older George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) eliot.jpg
Picture of younger George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) yeliot.jpg
1895 Charles E. Brock illustrations for Pride and Prejudice:
- Darcy on Elizabeth: `She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.' ppv1n03b.jpg
- Sir William Lucas: `Mr. Darcy, you must allow me to present this young lady to you as a very desirable partner.' ppv1n06b.jpg
- Mrs. Bennet: `Why Jane -- you never dropt a word of this, you sly thing!' ppv1n13b.jpg
- Mr. Denny entreated permission to introduce his friend [Wickham]. ppv1n15b.jpg
- [Mr. Collins] prefaced his speech with a solemn bow. ppv1n18b.jpg
- Mr. Collins: `Almost as soon as I entered the house I singled you out as the companion of my future life.' ppv1n19b.jpg
- Mr. Collins and Charlotte were both standing at the gate in conversation with the ladies [Anne de Bourgh and Mrs. Jenkinson]. ppv2n28b.jpg
- She [Lady Catherine] sallied forth to scold them into harmony and plenty. ppv2n30b.jpg
- Elizabeth: `You mean to frighten me, Mr. Darcy?' ppv2n31b.jpg
- Lady Catherine: `I assure you, I feel it exceedingly.' ppv2n37b.jpg
- The introduction, however, was immediately made. ppv3n43b.jpg
- Jane: `I never saw any one so shocked.' ppv3n47b.jpg
- She [Lydia] went after dinner to shew her ring, and boast of being married, to Mrs. Hill and the two housemaids. ppv3n51b.jpg
- She [Elizabeth] perceived her sister and Bingley standing together. ppv3n55b.jpg
- Lady Catherine: `Miss Bennet, I insist on being satisfied.' ppv3n56b.jpg
- He [Darcy] could even listen to Sir William Lucas. ppv3n60b.jpg
1907-1908 Charles E. Brock illustrations for other novels: [greyscales]
Emma:
- [Mr. Knightley:] "My dearest, most beloved Emma, tell me at once..." emma-il1.jpg
Mansfield Park: (New, better, color scans)
- [Edmund and Mary:] Indulged with his favourite instrument. mnsfpk-2.jpg
- While Fanny cut the roses. mnsfpk-3.jpg
- [Mr. Rushworth:] He walked to the gate and stood there without seeming to know what to do. mnsfpk-4.jpg
- [Fanny Price and Tom Bertram:] ``It would give me the greatest pleasure, but that I am this moment going to dance.'' mnsfpk-5.jpg
- [Fanny Price:] She worked very diligently under her aunt's directions. mnsfpk-6.jpg
- Dr. Grant himself went out with an umbrella. mnsfpk-7.jpg
- [Fanny and Edmund:] ``Oh, this is beautiful indeed!'' mnsfpk-8.jpg
- [Henry Crawford and Fanny Price:] ``No, no, no!'' she cried, hiding her face. mnsfpk-9.jpg
- [Fanny and Mary:] Good gentle Fanny. mnsfpk-b.jpg
- [Fanny and William Price:] Looked at him for a moment in speechless admiration. mnsfpk-c.jpg
- [At Portsmouth:] Fanny was obliged to introduce him. mnsfpk-d.jpg
Mansfield Park: (Old grey-scale scans, lower quality)
- "...while Fanny cut the roses" mansfpk1.jpg
- [Fanny Price:] "She worked very diligently under her aunt's directions" mansfpk2.jpg
- [Henry Crawford and Fanny Price:] "`No, no, no!' she cried, hiding her face." mansfpk3.jpg
- [At Portsmouth:] "Fanny was obliged to introduce him to Mr. Crawford." mansfpk4.jpg
- "The joyful consent which met Edmund's application" mansfpk5.jpg
Northanger Abbey:
- [Catherine Morland and Isabella Thorpe:] "They were always arm in arm when they walked" naabbey1.jpg
- [Catherine Morland:] "Anxious attention to the weather" naabbey2.jpg
- [Catherine Morland and John Thorpe:] "A famous good thing this marrying scheme, upon my soul!" naabbey3.jpg
- "Mr. and Mrs. Morland's surprise on being applied to by Mr. Tilney for their consent to his marrying their daughter was, for a few minutes, considerable" naabbey4.jpg
Persuasion:
- [Capt. Wentworth and Anne Elliot at Uppercross:] "In another moment, she found herself being released from him; some one was taking him from her" persuas2.jpg
- [At Lyme:] "The horror of the moment to all who stood around!" persuas3.jpg
- [Anne Elliot and Admiral Croft:] "In earnest contemplation of some print" persuas4.jpg
Sense and Sensibility:
- [Marianne Dashwood and Willoughby:] "He cut off a long lock of her hair" sensens1.jpg
- [Col. Brandon and Marianne:] "She immediately left the room" sensens2.jpg
- "Mrs. Ferrars" sensens3.jpg
- [Elinor and Willoughby:] "Miss Dashwood, I entreat you to stay" sensens4.jpg
- "Colonel Brandon was invited to visit her" sensens5.jpg
Another Pride and Prejudice Illustration:
- [Darcy:] "I would by no means suspend any pleasure of yours." daremb18.jpg (this image was modified from a photograph by Amy Bellinger)

Larger GIF Images (links)

Illustration summarizing the evolution of fashion in the latter half of the eighteenth century 1760-95f.gif (this image taken from Margaret D. Stein's Restoration and 18th-century site formerly located at http://www.nd.edu/~mstein/style.html).
French aristocratic court dress of 1778 (from La Galerie des Modes, vol. 1 plate 7); perhaps artistically exaggerated to some degree, but not by very much! 1778frnc.gif
Ball Gown (1818) 1818dres.gif
Brocade Satin dress, circa 1835 (from Gazette des Salons); note that it may not be obvious on first glance that the woman has a small waist, because of her sleeves 1835dres.gif
Tailored brown cashmere serge costume with bustle; redrawn from 1886-7 fashion plate. 1886dres.gif
Engraving satirizing young ladies' "accomplishments" accompls.gif
Alicia Silverstone -- Clueless alslvclu.gif
Image of a manuscript copy of a letter from Jane Austen to her brother Frank in the form of a poem (congratulating him on the birth of a son, and looking forward to the Austen women's move to Chawton) ausletpm.gif -- see also the transcription of the letter
Austen family Coat of arms (original greyscale) austarms.gif
Austen family Coat of Arms (rudimentary colorization) austarmc.gif
Jane Austen's literary influences: Diagram austinfl.gif (this image created by George P. Landow and David Cody)
Map of Bath ca. 1800 bath-map.gif (modified from a map of modern Bath by Rob Ainsley)
Music and (somewhat illegible) instructions for the Boulanger ("baker") dance ("Co:" is an abbreviation for "couple", and apparent "f" without a crossbar is an "s") boulangr.gif
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë bronte-c.gif
Silhouette of Jane Austen's sister Cassandra cassnslh.gif
Illustration of the answer to the first Jane Austen humorous "charade": chradans.gif
An example of strongly Classical-influenced continental European high fashion of the late 1790's and early 1800's (Jacques-Louis David, portrait of Madame de Verninac, 1799) davd1799.gif [old lower-quality scan]
Glinda of Oz glinda-oz.gif
The Hippopotamus Polka (Victorian silliness ca. 1850) hippolka.gif
Silly version of Jane Austen portrait ja-silly.gif (this image taken from Margaret D. Stein's Restoration and 18th-century site)
Silhouettes of Jane Austen's father and mother (taken at different ages) jafathmo.gif (this image derived from images on Prof. Matsuoka's site)
Another silhouette said to be of Jane Austen in 1815 jasilh15.gif (this image scanned by Joan Winsor)
Obituary of Jane Austen from the Gentleman's Magazine (1817) jausobit.gif (derived from an image scanned in by Mark Turner)
Glyphs of "high" (8th-bit set) ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 characters latin1.gif
Regency dress londfash.gif
Medieval illustration of women fighting in knightly style (not to be taken too literally) mdvwmfgt.gif
Mourning dress, 1809 mourngdr.gif
Joan Hassall woodcut engravings of Mansfield Park:
- She was found one morning by her cousin Edmund sitting crying on the attic stairs. mpwoodc1.gif
- A young woman, pretty, lively, with a harp as elegant as herself... was enough to catch any man's heart. mpwoodc2.gif
- ``It is a great while since we have had any star-gazing.'' The glee began. ``We will stay till this is finished, Fanny,'' said [Edmund], turning his back on the window. mpwoodc3.gif
- She met Miss Crawford within a few yards of the Parsonage. mpwoodc4.gif
- ``Why have you no fire to-day?'' mpwoodc5.gif
A musical party (harp-playing lady; Rowlandson ca. 1810) muscprty.gif
Silly inside blurb of printing of Northanger Abbey marketed as a Gothic novel nabgoth2.gif
Regency young lady playing the pianoforte pianofrt.gif
Map of Pride and Prejudice and places in Jane Austen's life ppengmap.gif
Public kissing in the street in Jane Austen's day (gasp!) publkiss.gif
19th-century man and woman flirting (1882 Police Gazette illustration) romance.gif
Hugh Thomson illustrations to the novels:
- Mansfield Park: Fanny's last feeling in the visit was disappointment: for the shawl which Edmund was quietly taking from the servant to bring and put round her shoulders was seized by Mr Crawford's quicker hand, and she was obliged to be indebted to his more prominent attention. hc-fanny.gif
- Persuasion: "Placed it before Anne." persulet.gif
- [Probably by Thomson:] Northanger Abbey, chapter 24: "With a feeling of terror not very definable, she fixed her eyes on the staircase, and in a few moments it gave Henry to her view." nachap24.gif
- Hugh Thomson illustration of a Regency carriage departure scene: carrgdpt.gif
Regency waltzers, from Thomas Wilson's Correct Method of German and French Waltzing waltzers.gif
Woodcut of a woman reading (1810's) womredng.gif