Their road was through a pleasant country · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Their road was through a pleasant country
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Fanny, Maria Bertram, Miss Crawford, and Aunt Norris in a carriage on their way to Sotherton, Mr. Rushworth’s estate. Edmund is riding on horseback behind the carriage. The group went to visit Sotherton estate for the day and see the house and the gardens. Maria Bertram was engaged to Mr. Rushworth. This scene occurs in chapter 8. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. The women are wearing regency style dresses and coats with empire waists, and bonnets. Edmund wears waistcoats and tailcoats, and top hats, with breeches. 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:25716
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_25716_OBJ.png
Collection: Mansfield Park