MR. OSBORNE’S WELCOME TO AMELIA. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: MR. OSBORNE’S WELCOME TO AMELIA.
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Jane and Maria Osborne are seated on two low chairs in front of the fireplace. Upon it are a very large mirror, a statue, and a candelabra; to the side of the mirror hangs a small portrait. Amelia Sedley is standing between the sisters, looking uncomfortable and holding her hands clasped together. Miss Wirt is standing opposite Amelia, looking haughty. In the foreground of the image is Mr. Osborne, mostly turned away from the others as he walks away with a scowl on his face. Below the illustration is printed its title and location in the story, MR. OSBORNE’S WELCOME TO AMELIA. (p. 62.).
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22517
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22517_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Women; Women, White; Men; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction; Manners and customs