Just falling into a gentle doze · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Just falling into a gentle doze
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Lady Bertram dozing on the sofa at Mansfield Park. This scene occurs while Tom and Edmund discussed the propriety of putting on a play. Edmund was convinced that they should not because Sir Thomas would not approve, but Tom said they could continue to work on the play, and they would be able to perform it before he came home, and he would never know. While they had this conversation, Lady Bertram was on the sofa, dozing off. Tom and Edmund both looked to their mother to try and get her support, only to find her asleep. This scene occurs in chapter 13. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Lady Bertram is wearing a regency style dress with an empire waist, and a mop cap to cover her hair. 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:25723
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
Image: mta_25723_OBJ.png