Inscription verso: Tony Kissing!

Paula

The message on the back is faded but it says “Tony kissing! Paula”. Tony being Mr Rochester in the Jane Eyre lithograph series. This is an affectionate parody of the image of Jane ‘Loving Bewick’ in that series. The Bronte family owned a copy of Bewick’s History of British Birds. Like her author, Jane adores Thomas Bewick’s book and Paula shows the nourishment Jane receives from the pelican. In the tile Paula sexualises the more general statement about nourishment received from reading and from nature.