Came to take a survey of the guest. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Came to take a survey of the guest.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Sir John and Mrs. Jennings come to visit Barton Cottage to meet Edward Ferrars. Both Sir John and Mrs. Jennings were very friendly and liked to gossip. They came to the cottage shortly after Edward’s arrival to meet him. In this image the maid opens the door to Sir John and Mrs. Jennings. This scene occurs in chapter 17. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, as Mrs. Jennings and the maid wear the regency style dress with an empire waist. Mrs. Jennings wears a bonnet and carries a parasol. The maid wears a mop cap and an apron to protect her dress. Sir John a waistcoat and tailcoat with breeches and carries a top hat. 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:25822
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)
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Collection: Sense and Sensibility

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