A Family Party at Brighton · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: A Family Party at Brighton
Subject: Men, White; Women; Women, White; Backgammon; Men; Backgammon in literature; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: George Osborne and Rebecca Crawley are out on the balcony of the inn at Brighton, looking at the ocean. He is leaning against the house, facing out, while she is seated by the railing, facing him. Through the doorway, Joseph Sedley and Rawdon Crawley can be seen inside at the table, playing backgammon. In the far background, Amelia Osborne is sitting alone in an armchair, looking forlornly at the others. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, A Family Party at Brighton.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22350
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22350_OBJ.jpg