[Vanity Fair Vol. II Chapter XXXI Historiated Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Vol. II Chapter XXXI Historiated Initial]
Subject: Boys; Soldiers; War; Drum; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Belgium; Europe
Description: A drummer boy glances fearfully around the battlefield as he plays a beat upon his drum. The background is of low hills and clouds of smoke, with the letter T from “Thus” in the top right corner.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22567
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22567_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Boys; Soldiers; War; Drum; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; fictional works; Fictitious characters