Venus preparing the armour of Mars · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Venus preparing the armour of Mars
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Armor; War
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Belgium; Europe
Description: Peggy O’Dowd stands in her bedroom, polishing her husband’s helmet. His sword lies on the table in front of her, along with a bottle and a large mirror. She has already packed his travelling-valise, which lies open on the ground next to her. Major O’Dowd himself is sleeping in the background, with his boots next to the bed and his coat thrown over a chair. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Venus preparing the armour of Mars”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22363
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22363_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Armor; War