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Title
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The Sisters upstairs
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Description
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Here we see Fanny with her younger sister, Susan. When her brother William was on leave from the navy after being promoted to lieutenant, Fanny went home to Portsmouth to see him. She then stayed in Portsmouth for almost three months, visiting her parents and younger siblings. She learned quickly that she much preferred the quiet of Mansfield to the loud bustling of her small family home in Portsmouth. While she was there, she became close friends with her sister Susan, who was four years younger than herself. They shared a room, and Fanny taught Susan manners and read with her. When Fanny returned to Mansfield, Susan went with her, and after Fanny’s marriage to Edmund, Susan took her place as her Aunt Bertram’s companion. This scene occurs in chapter 40 as noted underneath the title of this image. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, with Fanny and Susan wearing the regency style dress with an empire waist, and their hair is worn tied up. 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. The same image appears as an insert between pages 170 and 171 for the Dent 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897 editions of Mansfield Park.
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Image Creator
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William Cubit Cooke (engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25604
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Source Name
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Mansfield Park
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Image
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