Mrs. Bennet and her two youngest girls · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mrs. Bennet and her two youngest girls
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mrs. Bennet arrives at Netherfield Park with Lydia and Kitty. Lizzy wrote to Mrs. Bennet from Netherfield saying that she should come visit Jane who was ill. Mrs. Bennet spent most of her visit trying to raise Jane’s status and impress Mr. Bingley. This scene occurs in chapter 9. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mrs. Bennet, Lydia, and Kitty wear regency style dresses with empire waistlines. They wear bonnets and parasols to protect their faces from the sun. 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:25877
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; Upper class families; Fiction; Regency; England; Regency in literature; Great Britain; History; Regency, 1811-1820

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