[The Boys’ Table] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Boys’ Table]
Subject: Men, White; Debates and debating; Debates and debating in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Dinners and dining in literature; Upper class in literature; Manners and customs
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Lord Steyne leans back in his chair, looking pleased. On the other end of the table are the Reverend Mr. Trail and Father Mole, in the midst of a debate which Lord Steyne started. The table between them is set with several plates and many cups and pitchers.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22413
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22413_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Debates and debating; Debates and debating in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Dinners and dining in literature; Upper class in literature; Manners and customs