He mumbled the end of his pen · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: He mumbled the end of his pen
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; Belgium
Description: The image depicts a scene from page 243, in which Rebecca Crawley dictates a letter to her husband for him to write to Matilda Crawley, his aunt. Rawdon Crawley sits on a high-backed wooden chair, holding his pen to his mouth. Rebecca, dressed in a floor-length white gown, is standing with her hands behind her back and looking over her shoulder at him. On the table between them is a sheet of paper and a vase of flowers. A portrait hangs on the wall behind the table, next to the edge of a dresser or mantle on which a candle sits.
Image Creator: Frank T. Merrill (Artist);John Andrew & Son (Engraver); Frank T. Merrill (Artist); John Andrew & Son (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engravings
Identifier: mta:25086
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_25086_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Letter writing; Dictations in literature; satire