[Vanity Fair Vol. I Chapter XVII Historiated Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Vol. I Chapter XVII Historiated Initial]
Subject: Elephants; Men; Men, White; Indian Men; Painting; Auctions
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: India; Asia; England; Europe
Description: A framed portrait of Joseph Sedley holding a gun while riding on the back of an elephant, with a native driver sitting behind its head. In the top right of the painting is the letter I, from If. The picture is tagged in the top left corner with a paper labelled LOT369.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:22767
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22767_OBJ.jpg