[Dobbin Reading under a Tree] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Dobbin Reading under a Tree]
Subject: Boys; Reading; Bullying; Children; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Schools; Fiction
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: William Dobbin sits slouched against the base of a tree, reading a book. In the far background are the buildings of Dr. Swishtail’s academy. Near the buildings are a few distant figures of boys playing games. Between Dobbin and the buildings, on the right side of the image, Cuff is holding George Osborne by the collar and threatening him.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23018
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23018_OBJ.jpg