“To assure you in the most animated language” · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “To assure you in the most animated language”
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth. Mr. Collins asked to be given some time alone with Elizabeth where they were left in the drawing room. Elizabeth then rejected Mr. Collins’ proposal saying she could never marry him. This scene occurs in chapter 19. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Elizabeth wears a regency style dress with an empire waistline. Mr. Collins wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with a cravat. 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:25889
Language: eng
Source Name: Pride and Prejudice
Parent Collection: "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1894); "Pride and Prejudice," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1894)
Image: mta_25889_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice