Mr. Perry passed by on horseback · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mr. Perry passed by on horseback
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image we see Mr. Perry riding past Emma, Harriet, Mr. And Mrs. Weston, Frank Churchill, Miss Bates, and Jane Fairfax. Emma, Harriet, and Frank Churchill were out for a walk, and happened upon the others. They all walked back together towards Harfield. They passed Mr. Perry who was leaving Hartfield from his daily visit to Mr. Woodhouse. This scene occurs in chapter 40. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. The women wear regency style dresses with empire waists and bonnets. The men wear waistcoat and tailcoats with top hats. 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:25796
Language: eng
Source Name: Emma
Parent Collection: "Emma," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25796_OBJ.png