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

Title: [Becky as Philomèle]
Subject: Women, White; Acting; Charades; Costume; Women; Singing in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction
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 at Gaunt House.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23151
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23151_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Acting; Charades; Costume; Women; Singing in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction