Showing her child to the housekeeper. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Showing her child to the housekeeper.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mrs. Palmer shows off her newborn baby to Mrs. Jennings housekeeper. Mrs. Palmer is Mrs. Jennings’ daughter, and she had a baby while Elinor and Marianne were staying in London with Mrs. Jennings. This scene occurs in chapter 42. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mrs. Palmer, Mrs. Jennings, and the housekeeper wear regency style dresses with empire waistlines. Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Jennings wear bonnets and the housekeeper wears a mop cap and an apron to protect her hair and clothes. 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:25850
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_25850_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility