Poor Fanny! cried William · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Poor Fanny! cried William
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Fanny and Mr. Crawford sitting down at the ball with Edmund and Miss Crawford standing in front of them. Fanny got tired easily and after the first two dances went to sit down, and Mr. Crawford followed her, still trying to get her to fall in love with him. Edmund, who was dancing with Miss Crawford, came over to speak with them, and Edmund lamented Fanny’s weak constitution. This scene occurs in chapter 28. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Fanny and Miss Crawford wear regency style dresses with empire waists. Mr. Crawford and Edmund wear tailcoats, waistcoats, and cravats. 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:25741
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
Image: mta_25741_OBJ.png