Becky’s second appearance in the character of Clytemnestra · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Becky’s second appearance in the character of Clytemnestra
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Belgium; Europe
Description: Joseph Sedley sits in a chair, begging William Dobbin, now his brother-in-law, to come and live near him, or else help him escape to India without Becky finding out. Behind a curtain on the far side of the room is Rebecca Crawley, listening in and holding a dagger in one hand. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Becky’s second appearance in the character of Clytemnestra.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22465
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22465_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Weapons; Daggers; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs