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In Training for a Heroine: An Exhibition of Jane Austen’s Travelling Writing Desk and No Notion of Loving by Halves, by Jocelyn McGregor (God’s House Tower, Southampton, 2025)
2025
Overview
The focus for the exhibition was Jane Austen’s writing slope, on loan from the British Library. In Training for a Heroine: An Exhibition of Jane Austen’s Travelling Writing Desk [ Image Omitted ] Jane Austen’s traveling writing desk belonged to the author from 1794 until her death in 1817. A recipe can be found in a handwritten household book owned by Martha Lloyd, a family friend of the Austens who lived with them in both Southampton and Chawton. Take 4 oz: of blue gauls, 2 oz: of green Copperas 1 oz & half of gum Arrabic, break the galls, the gum & Copperas must be beaten in a Mortar & put into a pint of strong stale Beer; with a pint of small Beer, put in a little double refin’d Sugar, it must stand in a chimney Corner fourteen days & shaken two or three times a day. (24 October 1798) [ Image Omitted ] The art of letter writing Letter writing was part of Jane Austen’s typical morning routine, often undertaken before breakfast.
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Jane Austen Society of North America
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