[The wedding carriage drives away] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The wedding carriage drives away]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image the wedding carriage drives away from the Meryton church. Jane married Mr. Bingley on the same day Elizabeth married Mr. Bingley. Jane and Mr. Bingley moved into an estate near Pemberley shortly after their marriage. Here we see the wedding carriage as wedding guests stand on the steps outside the church and wave as the carriage leaves. This scene occurs in chapter 61. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. The women wear regency dresses with empire waistlines. The men wear waistcoats and tailcoats. 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:26048
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_26048_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice