“I can answer for it,” said Mrs. Jennings. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “I can answer for it,” said Mrs. Jennings.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mrs. Jennings, Lady Middleton, Lucy Steele, and Elinor play cards at Barton Park. The group discuss Edward Ferrars, poking fun at Elinor, not knowing that Lucy was engaged to him. Mrs. Jennings says that she can answer for Edward’s character, joking about Edward’s being a good humoured and handsome man and Elinor had chosen well. Mrs. Jennings continued that no one had any idea who Lucy was interested in because she was such a “sly creature.” This scene occurs in chapter 24. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, as the women wear the regency style dress with an empire waist. 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:25827
Language: eng
Source Name: Sense and Sensibility
Parent Collection: "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896); "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25827_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility