The Brocks' Austen images remained popular enough to be sold as separate, frameable images well into the late twentieth century. The matted plates above were once sold in the Jane Austen House Museum gift shop in Chawton.
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The Brock Brothers were and remain a formidable force in Austen illustration. Charles Edmund Brock (1870–1938) and Matthew Henry Brock (1875–1960) completed between them at least 212 Austen illustrations, in many formats and editions, over a couple of decades.
Cinthia Garcia Soria has put together a beautiful web gallery devoted to the Brocks on the Molland's site. You can learn more about the Brocks in The Making of Jane Austen's chapter three. If you want to dig even deeper, Soria's page is a great next place to go. |
Is It right for your book club?Yes, Definitely! I'd love to hear from you if you're considering it.
This book Works best in Clubs Familiar with Austen's fiction OR Its film adaptations. (You could Read or watch Pride and Prejudice and then Choose this book.) |