Rebecca’s Farewell · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Rebecca’s Farewell
Subject: Women; Women, White; Children; Girls; Carriages and carts; Books; Crying
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: The image depicts two pillars topped with cups, between which is an open gate with a plate reading Miss Pinkerton. The pillars frame a carriage with very large wheels, at the front of which sits the coachman, holding his whip, and at the back of which stands Sambo. Rebecca Sharp’s face can be seen from the window of the carriage as she flings a book at the surprised Miss Jemima, who stands on the right side of the image at the bottom of the stairs and had just given the book to her. Next to the left pillar is a young girl with long braids, likely Laura Martin, crying and covering her face with her hands. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Rebecca’s Farewell.c
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23003
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23003_OBJ.jpg