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Title
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[Vanity Fair Volume I. Chapter XXIV Historiated Initial, S]
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Description
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A man, representing William Dobbin, mounted on a rearing horse points a spear with a pennant at a winged serpent. The serpent, representing Mr. Osborne as Dobbin goes to inform him that his son has married against his wishes, is curved into the letter S from “So”.
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Image Creator
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William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
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Identifier
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mta:23070
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Source Name
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Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
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Image
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mta_23070_OBJ.jpg
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Subject
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Men, White
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Cavalry
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Horses
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Serpents
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Weapons
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Spears
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Men
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Serpents in literature
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fictional works
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Fictitious characters