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Title: A circle of admirals
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see a group of naval admirals sitting in a circle. Edmund was speaking with Mr. Crawford about the navy. Mr. Crawford’s uncle was an admiral in the navy and Edmund was talking to Mr. Crawford about their mutual acquaintances in the navy. Sir Thomas Bertram had business in Antigua that caused him to meet several people in the navy. Mr. Crawford said that he knew very little of the inferior ranks. This scene occurs in chapter 6. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. The Admirals wear waistcoats and tailcoats with breeches. 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:25714
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
Image: mta_25714_OBJ.png