[Sambo Behind the Carriage] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Sambo Behind the Carriage]
Subject: Men; Men, Black; Carriages and carts; Household employees
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: The image depicts the backside of a carriage, over the top of which the coachman’s hat can be seen. Sambo is standing on the base of the back of the carriage, holding on to two straps, as it drives away from Miss Pinkerton’s academy in a cloud of dust.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:23007
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23007_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Men, Black; Carriages and carts; Household employees