Both gained considerable amusement. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Both gained considerable amusement.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mrs. Jennings and Elinor sitting and laughing together. Colonel Brandon had come to the house earlier that day to ask Elinor to tell Edward Ferrars that he could offer him the parsonage at Delaford, near the Colonel’s estate. Mrs. Jennings originally thought that Colonel Brandon had come to propose to Elinor, but after clearing this miscommunication the two laughed about it. This scene occurs in chapter 40. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Elinor and Mrs. Jennings wear regency style dresses with empire waistlines. 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:25848
Language: eng
Source Name: Sense and Sensibility
Parent Collection: "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896); "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25848_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility