The Exhibition
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The Display Boards
The text of the boards is adapted by Antony Edmonds from his book Jane Austen's Worthing: The Real Sanditon, where most of the pictures also first appeared.
- Introduction
Picture © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
- The Austen family, 1800–1809 - A semi-nomadic existence
Portrait of Jane Austen © National Portrait Gallery London - The Austens' stay in Worthing - The dates and the people
Both pictures © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - Fanny Austen’s diaries - A 12 year old in Worthing in 1805
Portrait of Fanny Austen © Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton and picture of Wicks’s Baths © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - Stanford’s Cottage - The house where Jane Austen stayed
Both pictures © West Sussex County Council Library Service, www.westsussexpast.org.uk - On Worthing Beach - Activities and entertainments
Picture of Worthing Beach c. 1811 © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - At the Library - Spooner’s and Stafford’s – two rival establishments
Picture of the Colonnade and Warwick House © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - St Mary’s Broadwater - The church that Jane Austen attended
- Map of Worthing in 1805 - The town as Jane Austen knew it
Map © Antony Edmonds 2015 - Warwick House - The model for “Trafalgar House”
- Edward Ogle - The inspiration for “Mr Parker”
Picture of South Street © Worthing Museum and Art Gallery - Broadwater - “Old Sanditon” in all but name
- Offington and its parkland - A distinct resemblance to“Sanditon House”
Picture of Offington House © Sussex County Council Library Service, www.westsussexpast.org.uk
