A Family Party at Brighton · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: A Family Party at Brighton
Subject: Men, White; Women; Women, White; Backgammon; Men; Backgammon in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: George Osborne and Rebecca Crawley are on the balcony of the inn at Brighton, looking at the ocean. He is leaning against the building, facing out, while she is seated by the railing, facing him. Through the doorway, Joseph Sedley and Rawdon Crawley can be seen inside at the table, playing backgammon. In the far background, Amelia Osborne is sitting alone in an armchair, looking forlornly at the others. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “A Family Party at Brighton”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23076
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23076_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Women; Women, White; Backgammon; Men; Backgammon in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction