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Title
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“With a letter in her outstretched hand.”
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Description
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Here we see Mrs. Jennings bringing Marianne a letter from Mrs. Dashwood. Mrs. Jennings invited Elinor and Marianne to accompany her to London in the new year. Marianne wrote to Willoughby after arriving in London, hoping to see him but he ignored her letters. She finally saw him at a party, but he ignored her. She was heartbroken and spent much of the remaining time in London miserable. Elinor wrote to her mother asking her to write to Marianne to make her feel better. Mrs. Jennings announced that Marianne had a letter, saying it would cheer her up. Believing it might be from Willoughby, Marianne burst into tears after finding out that it was from her mother because she felt that Mrs. Jennings had gotten her hopes up. In the letter, Mrs. Dashwood, believing Marianne and Willoughby to be engaged, asked her to be more open about her engagement, not having heard the news that he was engaged to another woman. This letter upset Marianne even more. In this image, Mrs. Jennings walks into the parlor holding out the letter. This scene appears in chapter 31 as indicated underneath the image. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, with Mrs. Jennings wearing the regency style dress with an empire waist. Her hair is worn tied up with a mop cap covering it. 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.
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Image Creator
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Charles Edmund Brock (engraver)
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Henry Matthew Brock (engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:25688
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Source Name
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Sense and Sensibility
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Image
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