MR. JOSEPH IN A STATE OF EXCITEMENT · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: MR. JOSEPH IN A STATE OF EXCITEMENT
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Alcohol
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: In the center of the image is Joseph Sedley, waving his cup around and singing. On the table before him is the bowl of alcohol of which he has drunk all by himself. Amelia Sedley and Rebecca Sharp are seated at the table to the left of the image, with Rebecca gazing down at Amelia. To the right is George Osborne, holding onto his chair and facing a crowd of onlookers, the nearest of which he is blocking from coming closer. Below the illustration is printed its title and location in the story, MR. JOSEPH IN A STATE OF EXCITEMENT (p. 33).
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22513
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22513_OBJ.jpg