"The first pleasing earnest of their welcome" · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: "The first pleasing earnest of their welcome"
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image the Gardiner children greet their parents and Elizabeth when they returned home from Derbyshire. Most of the family at Longbourn were distraught because of Lydia having run away with Mr. Wickham, and their greeting of the travelers was much more somber. The children, however, were very happy to see their parents. This scene occurs in chapter 47. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style. The Gardiner’s daughters wear dresses with empire waists, and the Gardiner’s sons wear short coats and breeches. 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:26002
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_26002_OBJ.png
Collection: Pride and Prejudice