[Vanity Fair Chapter XI Inhabited Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Chapter XI Inhabited Initial]
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Sheep; Country Music
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: A scene depicting the simple and happy country life. A shepherdess is depicted sitting on a small hummock, where a man in uniform kneels before her, clasping her hand in his. Both are looking contentedly at the other. Her crook lies on the ground beside the hummock, and behind it is one of her sheep. In the background are a farmhouse and clocktower, and the top right of the image is the letter B from Besides.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:22311
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22311_OBJ.jpg