Mr. Price kicked away his son's portmanteau and his daughter's band-box · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mr. Price kicked away his son's portmanteau and his daughter's band-box
Subject: fictional works; Fictitious characters; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Characters; luggage; Navies; Officers; Manners and customs; Regency; England; Regency; Great Britain; Regency in literature; Great Britain; History; Regency, 1811-1820
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain; Portsmouth
Description: Here we see Mr. Price, Fanny and William’s father, kicking their luggage after their arrival in Portsmouth. Mr. Price was a retired naval officer, who was frequently drunk. Fanny’s first impression of her father after her eight-year absence at Mansfield was his short temper. This scene occurs in chapter 38. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mr. Price wears a tailcoat with breeches and a bicorn hat. 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:25749
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
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