[Dobbin and Jos] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Dobbin and Jos]
Subject: Men, White; Soldiers; Smoking; Ships; Travel; Men; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; sailing; Sailors; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Atlantic Ocean
Description: Major William Dobbin leans back against the rail of the ship, smoking a cigar next to a cannon. Joseph Sedley is seated in front of him, smoking his hookah. The two are headed from St. Helena to England. In the background, the horizon is flat and the sky cloudy.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22441
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22441_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Soldiers; Smoking; Ships; Travel; Men; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; sailing; Sailors; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs