[Vanity Fair Vol. II Chapter XLI Historiated Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Vol. II Chapter XLI Historiated Initial]
Subject: Men, White; Carriages and carts; Transportation; Men; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Cab and omnibus service; Horse-drawn omnibuses; Buses; Bus lines
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: A coach labelled “OMNIBUS” drives along a narrow road away from London, passing a stone marked with an X. One of the passengers is leaning out from the back with his arm outstretched, while two others can be seen seated inside. The coachman is seated above the carriage, holding his crop. Near the tip of the crop, in the sky, is the letter S from “So”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22595
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22595_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Carriages and carts; Transportation; Men; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Cab and omnibus service; Horse-drawn omnibuses; Buses; Bus lines