[Jane is Introduced to Miss Briggs] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Jane is Introduced to Miss Briggs]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Mr. Pitt Crawley introduces Miss Briggs, his aunt’s companion, to Lady Jane Sheepshanks, his betrothed, with a smug look on his face. Miss Briggs, on her way home from the library, is holding one of her books and has dropped two others. Lady Jane is half hidden behind Mr. Crawley, looking shy.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22574
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22574_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Introductions; Books; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs