Mrs. O’Dowd at the Flower Market · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mrs. O’Dowd at the Flower Market
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Markets; Sales personnel; Flowers
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Belgium; Europe
Description: Peggy O’Dowd, in a feathered hat, stands in front of a flower seller at the market in Brussels. She is holding onto the arm of her husband, Major Mick O’Dowd, who has on a cap and is wearing his sword at his hip. Behind the pair are William Dobbin, also with his sword, and Amelia Osborne, who is in a bonnet and looking up at Dobbin. The flower seller is in a bonnet and clogs, seated on a low stool behind the table which holds her rows of potted plants. In the background of the image are the crowds of shoppers, another flower seller standing at her table of plants, a mounted officer holding a bouquet, and the tall, ornate buildings that surround the market square. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Mrs. O’Dowd at the Flower Market”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23085
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23085_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Markets; Sales personnel; Flowers