[Lizzy, Jane, Mary, and Lydia discuss Mr. Wickham] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Lizzy, Jane, Mary, and Lydia discuss Mr. Wickham]
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Lizzy, Jane, Mary, and Lydia discuss Mr. Wickham and the other military men who were staying in Meryton. They get ready for a dinner where they will see the soldiers. Mary yawns because she took no interest in the soldiers or finding a husband. This scene occurs in chapter 16. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Lizzy, Jane, Kitty, and Lydia wear regency style dresses with empire waistlines and their hair tied up. 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:25883
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_25883_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice