“The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his agent.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his agent.”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Sir Walter Elliot speaking with his agent, Mr. Shepherd. Sir Walter was a widower who was spendthrift. The novel opens with Sir Walter having to force Kellynch Estate because he could no longer afford to live there. Sir Walter was initially resistant to the idea of leaving Kellynch but after some convincing by his agent and finding suitable tenants in Admiral and Mrs. Croft, Sir Walter agreed to let Kellynch estate and move to Bath. This scene occurs in chapter 1 as noted underneath the title of this image. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, with Sir Walter and Mr. Shepherd wearing 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: Charles Edmund Brock (engraver);Henry Matthew Brock (engraver); Charles Edmund Brock (engraver); Henry Matthew Brock (engraver)
Type: StillImage; lithograph
Identifier: mta:25662
Language: eng
Source Name: Persuasion
Parent Collection: “Persuasion”, Jane Austen's Novels, vol. 10. Lithographs by C.E. Brock (1898); “Persuasion”, Jane Austen's Novels, vol. 10. Lithographs by C.E. Brock (1898)
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Collection: Persuasion

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