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Title: A pert young lawyer
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see William Coxe. After Mr. Elton proposed to Emma, she laments her mistake in leading Harriet to believe he loved her. She thinks of all of the other people she to whom she could have introduced Harriet. She thinks of the lawyer William Coxe but she immediately rejects him as a potential suitor, claiming him to be too pert. This scene occurs in chapter 16. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. William Coxe wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with 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:25777
Language: eng
Source Name: Emma
Parent Collection: "Emma," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25777_OBJ.png