“A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play; and when I draw up the curtain this time, reader, you must fancy you see a room in the George Inn at Millcote, with such large figured papering on the walls as inn rooms have; such a carpet, such furniture, such ornaments on the mantelpiece, such prints, including a portrait of George the Third, and another of the Prince of Wales, and a representation of the death of Wolfe.”
Does she mean “The Death of General Wolfe” by Benjamin West? If so, It adds another layer to the novel’s theme of British culture versus French culture.
Art History Ramblings 