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Sylvia Domney's 2025 Dia de los Muertos Tribute to Jane Austen

"I enjoyed being able to honor our beloved Jane Austen at this exhibition. I placed our group name here as well."

Jane Austen's Historical Sites from Felicia Berhman's 2024 England Trip

Chawton Cottage

Exterior of Jane Austen's House, Chawton Cottage, where Jane Austen lived for 8 years and published all six of her finished novels.

Chawton Cottage

On the side of Chawton Cottage are plaques of Austen's heroes and heroines.

Front Room

The room closest to the street, where Austen sat at the little table in the back and wrote. The wallpaper was recreated from a scrap found in the cupboard.

Writing Table

Close up of Jane Austen's writing table.

Tea Caddy

Jane Austen was in charge of making breakfast and tea for her sister Cassandra, mother and friend Martha Lloyd.

Shawl Pelisse Quilt

Indian shawl owned and embroidered by Jane Austen, recreation of pelisse (coat) owned by Austen, quilt made by the women of Chawton Cottage, work table owned by Jane Austen.

Topaz Crosses

Topaz cross necklaces owned by Cassandra and Jane Austen, given to them by their brother Charles, who was in the Royal Navy. In Austen's Mansfield Park, Fanny Price's brother William (who was in the navy) gave her a topaz cross necklace.

Chawton House

Chawton House, inherited by Jane Austen's brother Edward, who was adopted by the wealthy Knight family. He also owned Chawton Cottage and provided it for Austen, her sister, mother and friend to live in for eight years.

Family Crest

The Austen family crest on the front room mantel at Chawton House.

Jane Austen Statue

Statue of Jane Austen outside of St Nicholas's Church in Chawton, located near Chawton House, where Austen worshipped while she lived in Chawton.

Bath Crescent

Royal Crescent townhomes, featured in every Persuasion adaptation.

Places in Bath where Jane Austen probably visited when she lived there.

Bath Assembly Rooms

Theatre Royal

Jane Austen Center in Bath

The Center is an interactive Jane Austen Museum. Felica pictured next to a Jane Austen stature at the center and "Mr. Bennet."

Winchester

8 College Street, Winchester

Austen's last lodgings, while she was being treated by a doctor, before she passed away.

Cathedral Resting Place

Austen's brother Henry arranged for her internment there as he was curate at Chawton at the time of her passing, and her resting place is inside Winchester Cathedral.

Memorial Plaque

Nearby is a brass plaque on the wall, where flowers are laid on the anniversary of her death (I visited the week after that) and there is a book where visitors can write a note to Jane.

Placard

Next to memorial plaque is a cardboard drawing of Jane Austen so that her memorial is easy to find (Winchester is huge!)

From the "Visit Winchester" website:

She lived in Steventon for the first 25 years of her life.

Upon her father's retirement, the family relocated to Bath where they stayed from 1801 to 1806.

After his death the Austens returned to her beloved Hampshire, moving first to lodgings in Southampton, then to the village of Chawton in 1809. They were offered Chawton Cottage, now Jane Austen's House, by their elder brother Edward, who inherited estates in Chawton, Steventon and Godmersham from rich relatives. It was here that Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma were published.

When illness struck, she moved to Winchester under the care of Giles Lyford, a surgeon at the County Hospital. Lodgings were arranged for her and Cassandra at No. 8 College Street. She died on 18 July 1817, aged 41 years old. She was laid to rest in Winchester Cathedral.

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