She still went on, after a civil reception · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: She still went on, after a civil reception
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Lady Bertram exiting the breakfast room as Mr. Crawford came in. Fanny is seated at the table. Mr. Crawford had come to Mansfield to propose to Fanny, but she refused. She felt they were too incompatible, and she did not approve of how he led on both of her cousins, Maria and Julia. He persisted in his pursuit of Fanny until he ran away with Maria in London. This scene occurs in chapter 31. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Fanny and Lady Bertram wear regency style dresses with empire waists. Mr. Crawford wears a tailcoat and breeches, holding his top hat behind his back as he bows slightly to Lady Bertram. 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:25743
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898); "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
Image: mta_25743_OBJ.png
Collection: Mansfield Park