To advise him not to venture · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: To advise him not to venture
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; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Mrs. Norris speaking with the coachman. Sir Thomas expressed his disappointment that she did not try and persuade his children not to put on the play. Not knowing how to respond to this, Mrs. Norris tells him all of the things that she handled well while he was absent in Antigua. The example seen in this image here is Mrs. Norris advising the coachman not to go out in a storm. Sir Thomas eventually gave up because she kept deflecting his reprimands.This scene occurs in chapter 20. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mrs. Norris wears a regency style dress with a cloak and a bonnet. The coachman wears a waistcoat and an overcoat, with breeches and a cravat. His tricorn hat is seen on the wall behind him. 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:25731
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
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