[Vanity Fair Volume I. Chapter XVII Historiated Initial, I] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Volume I. Chapter XVII Historiated Initial, I]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe; India; Asia
Description: A framed portrait of Joseph Sedley holding a gun while riding on the back of an elephant, with a native driver sitting behind its head. In the top right of the painting is the letter I, from If. The picture is tagged in the top left corner with a paper labelled LOT369.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:23055
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23055_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Elephants; Men; Men, White; Indian Men; Painting; Auctions