Mr. Joseph in a state of excitement · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mr. Joseph in a state of excitement
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Alcohol
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: In the center of the image is Joseph Sedley, waving around his cup and singing. On the table before him is a bowl of alcohol which he has drunk all by himself. Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharp are seated at the table to the left of the image, with Rebecca gazing down at Amelia, who looks concerned. To the right is George Osborne, holding onto his chair and facing a crowd of onlookers, the nearest of which he is blocking from coming closer. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Mr. Joseph in a state of excitement”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23022
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23022_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Alcohol