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Title: Amiably bashful.
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: In this image Elinor and Lucy Steele walk from Barton Park to Barton Cottage. On this walk, Lucy revealed to Elinor that she was engaged to Edward Ferrars, and had been for a year. Elinor was shocked, not knowing how to respond. This scene occurs in chapter 22. The characters are shown in the traditional regency style, as Elinor and Lucy wear the regency style dress with an empire waist. They wear bonnets and muffs. 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:25826
Language: eng
Source Name: Sense and Sensibility
Parent Collection: "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896); "Sense and Sensibility," by Jane Austen. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1896)
Image: mta_25826_OBJ.png
Collection: Sense and Sensibility