The Note on the Pincushion · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Note on the Pincushion
Subject: Women; Women, White; Household employees; Letters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Betty Martin, Miss Crawley’s upstairs maid, smiles as she sees the note left by Rebecca Sharp for Miss Briggs. The note itself is on a pincushion on the table by the window, along with a standing mirror and a pitcher. In the background, the bed, neat and unslept-in, can be seen. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, The Note on the Pincushion.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22329
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22329_OBJ.jpg