[Vanity Fair Vol. I. Chapter IV Historiated Initial, P] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Vol. I. Chapter IV Historiated Initial, P]
Subject: Women, White; Fishing; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: A female figure, representing Becky Sharp, is seated in a wooden letter P of “Poor” on the banks of a stream or river. She holds in her left hand a fishing rod, which has attracted the attention of a single large fish, representing Joseph Sedley. In the background are several trees and the shapes of buildings in a city or town in the distance.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23013
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23013_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Fishing; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters