[Elizabeth and Jane walk through the gardens at Longbourn] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Elizabeth and Jane walk through the gardens at Longbourn]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Elizabeth and Jane walk through the shrubbery outside Longbourn. Their housekeeper, Mrs. Hill comes up to them to tell them that Mr. Bennet had received a letter from Mr. Gardiner in London. He writes that Lydia and Mr. Wickham had been found. This scene occurs in chapter 49. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Jane, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Hill wear regency dresses with empire waistlines. Jane and Elizabeth wear bonnets. Mrs. Hill wears a mop cap and an apron to cover her dress. The regency period dated to the early nineteenth century (1811-1820) when George, Prince of Wales, later George IV (r. 1820-1830), reigned as regent for his mentally ill father, King George III (r. 1760-1820). The regency period is associated with the rise of neoclassicism in art and fashion.
Image Creator: Hugh Thomson (Illustrator)
Type: StillImage; pen and ink illustrations
Identifier: mta:26023
Language: eng
Source Name: Pride and Prejudice
Parent Collection: "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1894); "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1894)
Image: mta_26023_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice