Mansfield Park, Jane Austen – The Folio Society Book Illustration Competition response, 2017; cover & 3 passage illustrations.
Cover
The recency house is depicted in cut out collage style, with an emphasised lock over the door, connoting Fanny Price's unbeknownst future inheritance, earned through decency & restraint.
Passage 1
“But unluckily that iron gate, that ha-ha, give me a feeling of restraint and hardship. I cannot get out, as the starling said”
Passage 2
“She did not know how either to wear the cross … She was answered by having a small trinket box placed before her”
Passage 3
“The last evening at Mansfield Park must be wretchedness. Her heart was completely sad at parting. She had tears for every room in the house”
