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(AP Photo/PA, David Parry) UNITED KINGDOM OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE AP—AP2013 by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Jul 10, 2013 3:21 PM UTC Jane Austen’s _Pride and Prejudice_ may have just turned 200, but the beloved story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy still looms large. Especially so in London’s Hyde Park, where a new 12-foot tall statue of Mr. Darcy — as played by Colin Firth — has just been erected in Serpentine lake. The statue shows the top half of Mr. Darcy emerging soaking wet from an afternoon swim, moments before he and Ms. Bennet share an awkward encounter. The scene is one of the most memorable in the canon of Austen _adaptations_ – as no such meeting appears in the book. Writing in [_The Guardian_](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jul/08/mr-darcy-statue-pride-and-prejudice?CMP=twt%5Ffd)_,_ critic and Austen expert John Mullan commented, “I suppose it is inevitable that _Pride and Prejudice_ be best known for a scene that Austen never wrote.” The giant fiberglass likeness is modeled on Firth, who famously played Darcy (alongside Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennet) in the 1995 BBC miniseries version of the Austen romance. The scene turned Firth into a romantic hero and international sex symbol. (**MORE**: [Pride and Prejudice, the Web Diary Edition](http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/24/pride-and-prejudice-the-web-diary-edition/)) The statue was crafted by three sculptors over the course of two months, but it’s not just art for art’s sake. In fact, the statue is an eye-popping bit of promotion for Drama, a new digital TV channel dedicated to British programs (like _Pride and Prejudice_). The scene was chosen by U.K. television viewers — in a recent survey, they voted it the most memorable moment in a British TV drama. The statue is scheduled to go on display at several locations around England before being installed in the lake in Lyme Park, Cheshire, the handsome estate in northwest England where the famous scene was filmed. It will remain there until February. And just in case you want to relive the magic of the scene… **MORE**: [‘Sense and Sensibility’ Gets An(other) Update](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/14/sense-and-sensibility-gets-another-update/) **MORE**: [Happy 200th Birthday, Pride & Prejudice…and Happy Sundance, Too](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/01/28/qa-as-pride-and-prejudice-turns-200-austenland-emerges-as-a-sundance-hit/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7118349/colin-firths-wet-mr-darcy-finally-immortalized/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7118349/colin-firths-wet-mr-darcy-finally-immortalized/"},"headline":"Finally: Colin Firth's Mr. Darcy Immortalized as a Giant Statue","datePublished":"2013-07-10T15:21:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T05:37:08.669Z","description":"Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice may have just turned 200, but the beloved story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy still looms large. 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