“On the stairs” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “On the stairs”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image we see the Gardiner children, Lizzy and Jane Bennet’s cousins. Jane was going with her aunt and uncle Gardiner to London. This trip was proposed to help Jane recover from the heartbreak of Mr. Bingley’s sudden departure. This scene occurs in chapter 27. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. The girls’ dresses have empire waists and the boys wear short coats and breeches. 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:25898
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_25898_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice