[Vanity Fair Chapter LXVII Inhabited Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Chapter LXVII Inhabited Initial]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Europe
Description: A boy kneels before a black man, likely either a teacher or judge, with his hands together in entreaty. The man is dressed in a black robe and tasseled cap, holding a short-handled broom. In the background are many other boys, some smiling, some with expressions of shock. In the top right corner of the image is the letter W from Whatever.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22464
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22464_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Boys; Men; Men, Black; Children; Children in literature; Scholars in literature; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs