Mr. Jos’s Hookahbadar · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mr. Jos’s Hookahbadar
Subject: Men; Indian Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Household employees; Hookahs; Hotels
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Loll Jewab, Joseph Sedley’s servant from India, carries his hookah into the inn, scaring the maids, one of whom is holding a bucket and the other a broom. The Boots stands next to an inside door, where he was going around picking up the patrons’ shoes. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Mr. Jos’s Hookahbadar”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23169
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23169_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Indian Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Household employees; Hookahs; Hotels