[Vanity Fair Volume II. Chapter XVII Inhabited Initial, W] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Volume II. Chapter XVII Inhabited Initial, W]
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Unknown
Description: A man in a turban and loose pants is lying down against a pillow, running his finger along the stem of a very long pipe. He has a platter with two jugs and a cup on it balanced on one foot. Another jug is on the ground next to his pillow, and in the top right corner of the image is the letter W from When.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23153
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23153_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Pipe smokers