Chatsworth House (Pemberley) by William Marlow.

(Many people ask me about my BG. This is the whole painting. See it in high-res to appreciate the beautiful details).

“Various sources suggest that Jane Austen set Chatsworth as Pemberley. There is no question Jane Austen knew Chatsworth cos she mentions it. There is a line about Pemberley:

“The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.” (Pride and prejudice, Chapter 42).

She´s known to have come into this area. It´s very nice to imagine she was inspired by it, and let´s hope she was”.