Glorvina tries her fascinations on the Major · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Glorvina tries her fascinations on the Major
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Courtship
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: India; Asia
Description: Miss Glorvina O’Dowd dances past Major William Dobbin, trying to get his attention at the King’s Regiment ball. He is leaning against the wall, holding his hat in his hand, and paying no attention. In the background are assorted other officers and their ladies. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Glorvina tries her fascinations on the Major”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22404
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22404_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Soldiers; Courtship