[Ensign Stubble Writing to his Mother] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Ensign Stubble Writing to his Mother]
Subject: Men, White; Soldiers; Writing; Sadness; Men; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; Letter writing; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Tom Stubble sits at one of the coffee-room tables at the Slaughter’s, writing a letter to his parents before his regiment leaves for Belgium. He is holding a pen against the piece of paper on which he has written only a couple of lines, and has his head drooped sadly into his other hand. On the table in front of him is an inkwell with another pen in it.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22347
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22347_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Soldiers; Writing; Sadness; Men; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; Letter writing; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs