[Vanity Fair Volume II. Chapter XXIII Historiated Initial, O] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Volume II. Chapter XXIII Historiated Initial, O]
Subject: Boys; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; Cherubs (Art); Bow and arrow in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: William Dobbin walks along a path next to a high, thick wall - possibly the side of the boat - looking shy with his hands clasped in front of him. He is led by a child in the appearance of a cupid, with small wings and a bow. A window high up in the wall forms the letter O from “Our”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23168
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23168_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Boys; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; Cherubs (Art); Bow and arrow in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters