[Dobbin’s Letter from Amelia] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Dobbin’s Letter from Amelia]
Subject: Men, White; Soldiers; Letters; Men; Letter writing; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Betrothal
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: India; Asia
Description: William Dobbin sits in a wooden chair at his desk, reading the first of his letters, with the others left bundled on his desk. The letter he holds is from Amelia Osborne, congratulating him on his engagement. Though she was told about it by his sister, no such engagement exists.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22600
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22600_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men, White; Soldiers; Letters; Men; Letter writing; Soldiers in literature; Soldiers; Fiction; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Betrothal