Mrs. Jennings assured him directly that she should not stand upon ceremony. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mrs. Jennings assured him directly that she should not stand upon ceremony.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image John Dashwood visits Mrs. Jennings, Elinor, and Marianne at Mrs. Jennings home in London. After running into them in town Mrs. Jennings invited John Dashwood to visit them the next day. He obliged but his wife Fanny could not join him. In this image Mrs. Dashwood shakes his hand, as Elinor sits down after being assured by Mrs. Jennings that she need not stand simply for ceremony. This scene occurs in chapter 33. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, as Elinor and Mrs. Jennings wear regency style dresses with empire waistlines and wear bonnets. John Dashwood wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with breeches, and 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:25833
Language: eng
Source Name: Sense and Sensibility
Parent Collection: "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
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