“I was formally dismissed.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “I was formally dismissed.”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Willoughby’s aunt, Mrs. Smith, disowns him because he got a young woman, Eliza, pregnant and refused to marry her. Upon hearing this, Mrs. Smith was shocked and took away his inheritance. Willoughby told Elinor that when he was at Barton he had no intention of marrying, but that he enjoyed spending time with Marianne. After being disowned, Willoughby needed to marry well in order to be able to support his lifestyle, and married Miss Morton. This scene occurs in chapter 44. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mrs. Smith wears a regency style dress with an empire waistline, and a mop cap. Willoughby wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with a cravat and holds his top hat and whip in his hand. 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:25854
Language: eng
Source Name: Sense and Sensibility
Parent Collection: "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896); "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
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Collection: Sense and Sensibility

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