Becky in Lombard-Street · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Becky in Lombard-Street
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Rebecca Crawley stands at the desk of Messrs. Jones and Robinson’s bank. She is holding out a document which Lord Steyne sent to her, entitling her to a large sum of money from his account. On the other side of the desk is a bank official, holding a coin shovel. In the background are other employees of the bank, seated and standing, carrying quills and books. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Becky in Lombard-Street.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23143
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23143_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Banks and banking