Major Sugarplums · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Major Sugarplums
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Children; Boys; Girls; Soldiers; Toys; Gifts
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: William Dobbin, carrying a toy sword, trumpet, and wooden horse on wheels, bows to Amelia Osborne. She is seated on a chair, holding her son Georgy, who is asleep. At her side is Mary Clapp, the landlord’s daughter, acting as the mistress of ceremonies to announce Dobbin, whom she calls Major Sugarplums. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Major Sugarplums”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23104
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23104_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Children; Boys; Girls; Soldiers; Toys; Gifts