Deeply occupied about her spectacles · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Deeply occupied about her spectacles
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Frank Churchill fixes Mrs. Bates glasses. Frank Churchill and Emma went into town and Miss Bates came into the store and asked them to come in. Emma initially refused, needing to finish her errands. Frank Churchill went in, and when Emma arrived, he was fixing the elderly Mrs. Bates’ glasses. This scene occurs in chapter 27. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Emma wears the regency style dress with an empire waist. She looks down at the sofa where she was sitting, putting her fan down. Frank Churchill wears a waistcoat and tailcoat, with a cravat and 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:25785
Language: eng
Source Name: Emma
Parent Collection: "Emma," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25785_OBJ.png