[Joseph on the Cabin Roof] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Joseph on the Cabin Roof]
Subject: Men, White; Boats and boating; Men; sailing; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: English Channel; Europe
Description: Joseph Sedley sits on the roof of the cabin on the boat from England to Belgium. Beside him on the bench are a cup and bottle of beer. He is dressed in his military coat, holding a long pipe, and looks very comfortable and relaxed.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22559
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22559_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Boats and boating; Men; sailing; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters