A most welcome interruption · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: A most welcome interruption
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Tom, Maria, and Mr. Yates sitting in the drawing room at Mansfield Park, when Mr. And Miss Crawford came in. The group discussed the play, “Lover’s Vows” that they decided to put on before Sir Thomas came home. This scene occurs in chapter 15. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Maria and Miss Crawford wear the regency style dresses with empire waistlines. Mr. Rushworth, Mr. Yates, and Tom wear waistcoats and tailcoats, with breeches and cravats. 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:25726
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_25726_OBJ.png
Collection: Mansfield Park