Drinking to her best affections. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Drinking to her best affections.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Sir John holds up a drink, nodding to Elinor offering a toast to her affections. While dining at Barton Park with Sir John, Lady Middleton, and the Steeles, Sir John tried to bring up Edward Ferrars. Elinor was unwilling to talk about him, and Sir John simply called him Mr. F. It was later revealed that the Steeles knew Edward Ferrars and Lucy was engaged to him. This scene occurs in chapter 21. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, as Elinor wears the regency style dress with an empire waist. Sir John wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with a cravat. 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:25825
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_25825_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility