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Title
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Talking over the business.
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Description
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In this image Mrs. Ferrars discusses Edward’s engagement with Robert Ferrars, Edward’s younger brother. After announcing his engagement, his mother disowned him, reallocating his inheritance to his brother Robert. Typically, the largest portion of the inheritance would go to the eldest son following the custom of primogeniture, but Mrs. Ferrars decided against this following the scandal. This scene occurs in chapter 37. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Robert Ferrars wears a waistcoat and tailcoat with breeches and a cravat. Mrs. Ferrars wears a regency style dress with an empire waistline and wears a mop cap. 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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Hugh Thomson (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:25845
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Source Name
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Sense and Sensibility
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Image
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