[Rebecca as Philomèle] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Rebecca as Philomèle]
Subject: Women, White; Acting; Charades; Costume; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction; Performing arts in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Rebecca Crawley dressed up as the Marquise Philomèle to sing “The Rose Upon My Balcony” in the final section of the nightingale charade performance.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22425
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22425_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Acting; Charades; Costume; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction; Performing arts in literature