“Lizzy, my dear, I want to speak to you” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “Lizzy, my dear, I want to speak to you”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mrs. Bennet calls Lizzy out of the drawing room, leaving Jane and Mr. Bingley alone. The day after the dinner with Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley returned alone. Mrs. Bennet heard of his coming and frantically told Jane to get herself ready. Jane and Lizzy were in the drawing room together when Mr. Bingley arrived, and once he had settled, Mrs. Bennet called Lizzy out of the room, leaving Jane and Mr. Bingley alone, and then Mr. Bingley proposed. This scene occurs in chapter 55. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mrs. Bennet wears a regency dress with an empire waistline. She holds up her skirts as she leans through the doorway into the drawing room. 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:26040
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)
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Collection: Pride and Prejudice

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