Ensign Stubble practising the art of War · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ensign Stubble practising the art of War
Subject: Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Combat; Weapons; Swords; Clerks (Retail trade)
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Tom Stubble holds up a new sword at the accoutrement-maker’s, lunging at the much taller William Dobbin, who parries with his bamboo walking-stick. Both men are smiling. In the background a store employee can be seen, along with a man trying on a tall guard’s hat. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Ensign Stubble practising the art of War.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22787
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22787_OBJ.jpg