Mrs. Rawdon’s departure from Paris · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mrs. Rawdon’s departure from Paris
Subject: Women; Women, White; Children; Boys; Men; Men, White; Household employees; Carriages and carts
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: France; Europe
Description: Rebecca Crawley sits grandly in a carriage, wearing a bonnet and muff and saying her farewells to a group of people standing beside the carriage. Opposite her sits Genevieve, the maid, holding little Rawdon. The carriage is pulled by a pair of horses, with the driver seated astride the larger of the two. In the background, the buildings of Paris and a tall tower topped with a flag can be seen. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, Mrs. Rawdon’s departure from Paris.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22386
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22386_OBJ.jpg