Miss Bingley and Lizzy by Himmapaan (SFW)

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Fandom: Pride and Prejudice
Characters/Pairing/Other Subject: Miss Bingley, Elizabeth Bennet, and Mr Darcy
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Medium: Pen and ink, watercolour
Artist on DW/LJ: N/A
Artist Website/Gallery: Himmapaan
Why this piece is awesome: It's an amazingly detailed and beautiful piece of art. One of the reasons I like it is because it's historically accurate to a slightly earlier time period than all of the Pride and Prejudice adaptations. As the artist says,

Pride and Prejudice was first written in 1797 (before Austen revised her manuscript in 1813), and the action was probably originally envisioned to take place around 1795/6. Although waistlines were beginning to rise then, this was still considerably before they had become the high Empire line most of us associate with Austen. Of course, they had already become fashionable among the wealthy, such as Caroline Bingley here.

I love that you can see the slightly antagonistic relationship between Caroline and Elizabeth just from their expressions.
Link: Miss Bingley and Lizzy