Mr. James’s pipe put out · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mr. James’s pipe put out
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Household employees; Smoking
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Mr. James Crawley, while visiting his aunt Miss Matilda Crawley, leans out the bedroom window while smoking his pipe. He is in his coat and breeches, with his pants and shoes in a pile on the floor next to the chair on which he is leaning. Behind him, Mr. Bowls and Mrs. Firkin have rushed into the room to stop the smoke, which is bothering Miss Crawley downstairs. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Mr. James’s pipe put out.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22375
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22375_OBJ.jpg