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Title: Major Sugarplums.
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Children; Girls; Boys; Soldiers; Toys; Gifts
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: William Dobbin, carrying a toy sword, trumpet, and wooden horse on wheels, bows to Amelia Osborne. She is seated on a chair, holding her son Georgy, who is asleep. At her side is Mary Clapp, the landlord’s daughter, acting as the mistress of ceremonies to announce Dobbin. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Major Sugarplums.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22579
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22579_OBJ.jpg