In conversation with the ladies · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: In conversation with the ladies
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Charlotte and Mr. Collins speak with Lady Catherine de Bourgh and her niece. Lady Catherine and her niece were driving past Mr. Collins and Charlotte while out for a walk and stopped their carriage to invite them to come to dinner. This scene occurs in chapter 28. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Charlotte wears a regency style dress with an empire waistline. Mr. Collins wears a waistcoat and tailcoat. 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:25902
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)
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Collection: Pride and Prejudice
Subject: fictional works; Fictitious characters; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Characters; Women authors; Women authors, English; Manners and customs; Regency; England; Regency; Great Britain; Regency in literature; Carriages and carts in literature

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