Mrs. Long and her nieces · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mrs. Long and her nieces
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image we see Mrs. Long with her nieces, Jane, Elizabeth and Mary. After their dinner with Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Bennet discuss its success. Mrs. Bennet praises Jane’s beauty, telling her daughter how she asked her sister, Mrs. Long agreed that she had never seen Jane look so beautiful. This scene occurs in chapter 54. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mrs. Long, Jane, Elizabeth, and Mary wear regency dresses with empire waistlines. They wear bonnets and carry parasols, and Elizabeth carries a purse. 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:26039
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 in literature; Regency; Great Britain; Great Britain; History; Regency, 1811-1820

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