[Vanity Fair Vol. I Chapter XXII Inhabited Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Vol. I Chapter XXII Inhabited Initial]
Subject: Children; Boys; Soldiers; Banners
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Europe
Description: A small figure in a Roman helmet and uniform holds onto a pole twice as tall as he is. The pole is tipped with a spear point and a trailing banner is tied to it with a tasseled rope. The banner itself is decorated with symbols similar to the letters A and C overlapping, while the tails curls to form the letter E from Enemies.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcuts
Identifier: mta:22781
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22781_OBJ.jpg