“I have entered many a shop to avoid your sight.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “I have entered many a shop to avoid your sight.”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Willoughby enters a shop in London to avoid seeing Marianne and Elinor. He knew how much he hurt Marianne and wanted to avoid hurting her further. He also knew that meeting would cause a scene which he also wanted to avoid. This scene occurs in chapter 44. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Willoughby wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with a cravat and wears a top hat in his hand he carries a walking stick. 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:25855
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)
Image: mta_25855_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility