[Rebecca watches George and Rawdon at Cards] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Rebecca watches George and Rawdon at Cards]
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Gambling; Smoking; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Rebecca Crawley learns against the back of George Osborne’s chair, flattering him about his appearance and teasing him about his bad habits. He is turned slightly to look at her, while Rawdon Crawley sits opposite him, smoking. The men are each holding two cards in their game of écarté.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22550
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22550_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Gambling; Smoking; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature