Able to take an interest in their employment · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Able to take an interest in their employment
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; reading
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Frank Churchill sits with Emma and Mr. Woodhouse looking at the books at Donwell Abbey. Frank Churchill arrived to Donwell Abbey late and in a bad mood. He was too hot and was highly unagreeable. After cooling down, Frank Churchill made himself more agreeable, joining Emma and her father in looking at Mr. Knightley’s books. This scene occurs in chapter 42. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Emma wears the regency style dress with an empire waist and a bonnet. Mr. Woodhouse and Frank Churchill wear waistcoats and tailcoats with breeches 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:25798
Language: eng
Source Name: Emma
Parent Collection: "Emma," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
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