No wonder — you must feel it · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: No wonder — you must feel it
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain; Portsmouth
Description: In this image Edmund comes to Portsmouth to bring Fanny and Susan back to Mansfield Park. Upon seeing Fanny for the first time in three months he notes that Fanny looks ill. He then attributes it to her worrying about the scandal with Maria and Mr. Crawford who had been pursuing Fanny. The reality was that Fanny had not been eating well due to her parents' poverty. This scene occurs in chapter 46. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Fanny wears a regency style dress and coat with an empire waistline and a bonnet. Edmund wears a waistcoat, tailcoat, and overcoat, with breeches. 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:25754
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
Image: mta_25754_OBJ.png