[Mr. Pitt Introduces Lady Jane to Miss Briggs] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Mr. Pitt Introduces Lady Jane 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. Mr. Pitt is clasping her free hand in both of his, while Lady Jane is half hidden behind him, looking shy.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23099
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23099_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Introductions; Books; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction