[Vanity Fair Chapter XXI Historiated Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Chapter XXI Historiated Initial]
Subject: Women, White; Dolls; Black dolls; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Amelia Sedley is depicted holding a Black doll with curly hair, possibly representing Miss Rhoda Swartz, at which she gazes lovingly. Next to her, on the right side of the image, is the letter L from “Love”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22339
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22339_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Dolls; Black dolls; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs