Miss Havisham from Victorian artists eyes.

I can also get an idea of how others have interpreted Miss Havisham closer to the time when the piece was written. These will be more historically correct.

 Charles Green 1877Greta Expectations Gadshill editoin. Charles Dickens.

 This perception of Miss Havisham was created by successful artist Charles Green who illustrated for many of Charles Dickens books. He lived through the Victorian era so would of been able to grasp a Victorian ideal of the character. The surroundings of the room look messy and ragged. Miss Havisham in this image looks aged in the face. Her cheekbones appear to be very prominent. Her eyes sallow, her mouth drooped. Her facial expression she looks deep in thought. Her arms are positioned as if she is bored. She is surround by luxurious items for that period, glamorous dressing table, jewelry box; showing her wealth.
From this image I can gain that she could be aged. I can keep in mind the facial expression for my model.

Harry Furniss.
The Charles Dickens Museum London.

 In this piece Miss Havisham again looks very aged. Her pose looks very regal showing her class. I like how her head is casting a shadow suggesting the room has little light. The shadow also looks unlike a human could possibly be suggesting that she is already dead? She looks extremely thin as her collar bones, neck and shoulder bones are protruding out. Her waist looks as though it has been exaggerated as it is almost microscopic. To me she looks dead in this image there seems to be no life in the facial expression or body.

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03.02.14

This piece intrigues me as unlike the other illustrations Miss Havisham looks much younger and somewhat attractive. Although she looks thin she does not look ill. She appears to be a powerful character in this image. As she towers over Pip, and she is sitting down! Although Miss Havisham appears to be alt more human like, Pip still seems petrified by her. Could this be proving that Miss Havisham was viewed from a child's perspective? Although pip describes her to look like a waxwork could this be perceived as she looks so perfect that she does not look real? As she spends a lot of time at her dressing table she could have time to work on her appearance. Making me think I do not have one option to make Miss Havisham as old and haggard as possible.