Vanity Fair Title Page · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Vanity Fair Title Page
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: A woman is depicted reading in the foreground, seated in a cushioned chair. Behind her is a bookshelf, with three shelves full of books and more piled on top. Further behind the shelf is a ladder leaning against a much taller bookcase, and in the far background, a man is seated on a window seat or ledge, leaning against a very large cushion and reading as well. Four plants are shown between him and the windows. The picture is shaped similarly to a capital P, with the book’s title and author written next to the stem and the publishing company, location, and year written at the bottom.
Image Creator: Anonymous (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Engravings
Identifier: mta:25098
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A novel without a hero
Parent Collection: "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray. Anonymous engraving (1896); "Vanity Fair" by William Makepeace Thackeray. Anonymous engraving (1896)
Image: mta_25098_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Reading; Books