"Cheerful prognostics" · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: "Cheerful prognostics"
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Jane sits on a horse preparing to go to dine at Netherfield Park. Mrs. Bennet stands next to the horse. A letter arrives at Longbourn from Caroline Bingley inviting her to visit Netherfield Park, and Mrs. Bennet decides to send Jane on horseback, even though it will rain so that Jane will have to spend the night at Netherfield. This scene occurs in chapter 7. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. Jane and Mrs. Bingley wear regency style dresses with empire waistlines. Jane wears a bonnet and a riding habit over her dress. 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:25873
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_25873_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice