[Jones Reading this Book at his Club] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Jones Reading this Book at his Club]
Subject: Men, White; Reading; Men; Upper class in literature; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Jones, a reader of the story, is seated in an armchair with his legs crossed and feet on an open-backed chair. He is holding his copy of the serial in his right hand and holding a pencil to underline a phrase in it with his left. In the background is a table or cabinet upon which some objects are set.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22274
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22274_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Reading; Men; Upper class in literature; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters