[The Carriage Departs] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [The Carriage Departs]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: The image depicts the backside of a carriage, over the top of which the coachman’s hat can be seen. Sambo is standing on the base of the back of the carriage, holding on to two straps, as it drives away from Miss Pinkerton’s in a cloud of dust.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:22660
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22660_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Men, Black; Carriages and carts; Household employees