“How much I used to dread riding.” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “How much I used to dread riding.”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Edmund teaching Fanny to ride a horse. Fanny was very timid when she first arrived at Mansfield Park. Edmund was kind and gentle with her and the two became close friends. Fanny was scared to ride at first, but Edmund took her out on the old grey pony, seen in this image, and she quickly came to love riding. This scene occurs in chapter 3. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Fanny wears the regency style dress with an empire waist. Her hair is loose, and her bonnet is tied under her chin and has flown off her head behind her. Edmund runs next to the pony and wears a short coat. 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:25711
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_25711_OBJ.png
Collection: Mansfield Park