"Nov. 2. 1816. Tickford - Dinner waiting at a neighbour's house."
The Fine Arts
Watercolour painting depicting three people walking through mud near a pasture gate.
Diana Sperling
United Kingdom
University of Vermont
1816
Watercolour
Still Image
Illustration and pages from <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>, 1894 ed.
The Fine Arts; Needlework & Embroidery
Hugh Thomson's illustration alongside of the first scenes from Jane Austen's <em>Pride and Prejudice, </em>in which the Bennet sisters and their mother learn that Mr. Bennet has called upon single newcomer Mr. Bingley.
Jane Austen; Hugh Thomson
London, United Kingdom
New York Public Library
1894
Published in London by George Allen
English
Physical Object
<em>The Mysteries of Udolpho</em>, 5th ed.
Reading and Modern Languages
5th edition of novel illustrated with copperplates and interspersed with poetry.
Ann Radcliffe
London, United Kingdom
The British Library
1803
Printed for G. and J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row.
British Library, Public Domain, shelfmark 1508/384.
English
Physical Object
Sheet Music for "Beaux Yeux"
Modern Languages, Music
Unbound printed sheet music of Storace's "Beaux Yeux and Jeunes coeurs soyez fidelles, the Favorite French Air & Gavotte", as sung by Signora Storace at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market, at the Opera of La Cameriera Astuta. Signed "Mrs. Austen" in the top left corner by Elizabeth Austen, née Bridges.
Printed for S. Storace and sold by Birchall & Andrews
The King's Theatre, Haymarket, London
Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton, United Kingdom
1788
Print, 32 x 25 cm
French
Still Image
Grand Pianoforte
Music and Instruments
Large, grand pianoforte with lid.
Mathias Svameyer
Ferrare, Italy
Philharmonie de Paris
Late 18th century
Photos by Claude Germain
Musical instrument
Evening Dress
Dancing and Balls
Gown made from muslin (cotton) likely imported from India
Unknown
Europe or America; materials likely originating from India
Metropolitan Museum of Art
c. 1810-1812
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. M. Dow Brine, 1924
Clothing/textile
Harp
Music and Instruments
38 strings; mechanical hook pedals.
Inscription: Camus rue du F.B. Antoine N°240 à Paris
Unknown
Paris, France
Philharmonie de Paris
18th century
Photos by Claude Germain
Musical instrument
Untitled [A Regency Woman]
Dancing and Balls
A young woman in late Regency dress, a pale ball gown with short puffed sleeves and her hair dressed up in a knot with ringlets at the temples, shown three-quarters length to left, standing by a panelled wall, hands folded at her breast, head slightly inclined, as if surprised by emotion an trying to catch her breath; curtain in upper right.
Mezzotint
Anonymous
Great Britain
British Museum
c. 1830s
With contribution from: British Museum Friends, National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Art Fund, Friends of Prints and Drawings, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, Michael Marks Charitable Trust, Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd
Height: 272 mm (trimmed?)
Width: 224 mm (trimmed?)
Print
Pianoforte
Music and Instruments
Square pianoforte with detailed inscriptions.
George Astor & Co.
London, England
Senkonst Museet, Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
1810-1822
Photos by Mikael Bodner
Width: 169.5 cm
Depth: 60.1 cm
Height: 30.5 cm
Height, overall: 84.5 cm
Musical instrument