Mr. Joseph entangled · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mr. Joseph entangled
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; String; Courtship
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Joseph Sedley and Rebecca Sharp sit at two chairs in front of a round table; she holds both ends of a string of silk which is wound around his hands. Beneath the table is Joseph’s hat, and in the background, another table with a lamp and bowl and a portrait upon the wall. Amelia Sedley and George Osborne are entering through the doorway behind the round table at which the others sit. All four look pleased. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Mr. Joseph entangled”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22673
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22673_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; String; Courtship