Miss Bates was very chatty and good-humoured · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Miss Bates was very chatty and good-humoured
Subject: fictional works; Fictitious characters; Austen, Jane, 1775-1817; Characters; Women authors; Women authors, English; Manners and customs; Regency; England; Regency; Great Britain; Regency in literature; Great Britain; History; Regency, 1811-1820
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; United Kingdom; England; Britain
Description: Here we see Mr. Woodhouse sitting with Miss Bates by the fire. They were both at a dinner party where Jane Fairfax played piano. Mr. Woodhouse was a hypochondriac and spent most of the evening sitting next to the fire, fearing catching a draft. Miss Bates kept him company, sitting and talking with him. This scene occurs in chapter 21. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Miss Bates wears a regency style dress with an empire waistline. Mr. Woodhouse 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:25779
Language: eng
Source Name: Emma
Parent Collection: "Emma," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25779_OBJ.png