He stood at the bed’s foot and looked at the sleeping girl · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: He stood at the bed’s foot and looked at the sleeping girl
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Belgium; Europe
Description: The picture depicts a scene from page 283 in Chapter XXIX in which George Osborne goes to see his wife before departing for the front. Amelia Osborne is depicted sleeping in a canopy bed with her face turned towards the reader. George is standing by the foot of the bed in his uniform, holding onto the curtain-rope with one hand and his other behind his back, facing towards his wife and away from the reader.
Image Creator: Frank T. Merrill (Artist);John Andrew & Son (Engraver); Frank T. Merrill (Artist); John Andrew & Son (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engravings
Identifier: mta:25087
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel Without A Hero In Two Volumes
Parent Collection: "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray. Engravings by John Andrew & Son (1893); "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray. Engravings by John Andrew & Son (1893)
Image: mta_25087_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair