Bath at Night, Pulteney Street and Catherine Morland

Here are some photos of Bath at night showing Pulteney Street and Pulteney Bridge accompanied by a short extract from Northanger Abbey. Pulteney Street is where Catherine stays with her friends, the Allens, and apart from the cars looked very much as it does today. I love this exchange between Catherine and her brother James [...]

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Beechen Cliff Part Three!

Here we are at the top of Beechen Cliff at last!My own painting of the scene at Beechen Cliff shows Catherine Morland, Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor admiring the view from the top. Henry is pointing to a view in the distance and probably using terms like ‘backgrounds’ and ‘foregrounds’, ‘middle distances’ and ‘picturesque’ [...]

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Beechen Cliff Part Two!

Well, I’ve rested long enough and will continue my walk up Beechen cliff, which, if you remember, features so delightfully in Northanger Abbey. I’ve included photos of the steps known as Jacob’s ladder and the wonderful views over Bath as you climb to the top. I had to include some of Jane Austen’s wonderful novel [...]

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A Walk up to Beechen Cliff Part One

We’ve had some gorgeous weather here in England over the last few weeks so it’s been lovely to get out and about in the sunshine. I thought I’d post some of the photos we took on a walk, or rather, a climb up to Beechen Cliff.In Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen has her heroine, Catherine Morland, [...]

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Bath, the Pump Room, and Catherine Morland

I’m in Bath today, and whenever I’m here, my thoughts turn to Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. My painting of the Pump Room was inspired by Jane Austen’s letters – as a young girl Jane came to Bath and stayed with her aunt and uncle Leigh-Perrot – I feel sure her first reactions to [...]

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Bath, the Pump Room, and Catherine Morland

I’m in Bath today, and whenever I’m here, my thoughts turn to Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. My painting of the Pump Room was inspired by Jane Austen’s letters – as a young girl Jane came to Bath and stayed with her aunt and uncle Leigh-Perrot – I feel sure her first reactions to [...]

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Bath elegance and Chandeliers!

I do love a chandelier, and in Bath they can be seen in all the places that Jane Austen wrote about. This first photo shows a chandelier from a small room off the main one in the Pump Rooms. The room looks down onto the Roman Baths below where it’s easy to imagine bathers through [...]

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Bath Elegance and Chandeliers!

I do love a chandelier, and in Bath they can be seen in all the places that Jane Austen wrote about. This first photo shows a chandelier from a small room off the main one in the Pump Rooms. The room looks down onto the Roman Baths below where it’s easy to imagine bathers through [...]

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The Pump Rooms, Bath, and Northanger Abbey

If you carry on down Milsom Street, Old Bond Street and Union Street you will eventually come to Stall Street and the King’s and Queen’s Baths. If you pass under the colonnade you come to the entrance to the Pump Rooms. Inside you can see the Rooms much as they were when first built in [...]

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The Pump Rooms, Bath, and Northanger Abbey

If you carry on down Milsom Street, Old Bond Street and Union Street you will eventually come to Stall Street and the King’s and Queen’s Baths. If you pass under the colonnade you come to the entrance to the Pump Rooms. Inside you can see the Rooms much as they were when first built in [...]

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