It was Thornton Lacey · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: It was Thornton Lacey
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see Mr. Crawford riding into the town of Thornton Lacey. He happened upon the town while out for a ride one day, and is seen in this image on horseback, asking someone where he was. Edmund had an estate in Thornton Lacey where he would move once he got married and began his work with the clergy. Mr. Crawford asked Edmund if he could rent his estate, wanting to move closer to Mansfield in his attempt to get Fanny to fall in love with him, but Edmund refused. This scene occurs in chapter 25. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Mr. Crawford wears a waistcoat and tailcoat, and breeches that stop at the knee and a top hat. 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:25738
Language: eng
Source Name: Mansfield Park
Parent Collection: "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898); "Mansfield Park", by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1898)
Image: mta_25738_OBJ.png
Collection: Mansfield Park