“Engaged by the river” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “Engaged by the river”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mr. Gardiner joins Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley fishing in the river near Pemberley. While the men were fishing, Elizabeth and Mrs. Gardiner visit Georgiana, Caroline Bingley, and Mrs. Hurst at Pemberley. This scene occurs in chapter 44. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Bingley wear waistcoats and tailcoats with cravats and top hats. 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:25987
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)
Image: mta_25987_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice