A painting at the Taubman Museum set a local art historian off on a journey that took him back over 160 years … delving into issues of gender, social mores of the time and 19th century culture… and it led to his book “Dating Jane.” WFIR’s Gene Marrano spoke to the author:

To hear an in-depth conversation with “Dating Jane” author Scott Crawford click on link below:

Kim Novak-Carlotta

Kim Novak was obsessed by the painting Carlotta in Hitchcock’s “Vertigo.”

Scott Crawford

“Dating Jane” author Scott Crawford is an art historian

dating Jane

Crawford’s book – and the portrait he studied