REBECCA’S FAREWELL. · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: REBECCA’S FAREWELL.
Subject: Women; Women, White; Children; Girls; Carriages and carts; Books; Crying
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: The image depicts two pillars topped with cups, between which is an open gate with a plate reading “Miss Pinkerton”. The pillars frame a carriage with very large wheels, at the front of which sits the coachman, holding his whip, and at the back of which stands Sambo. Rebecca Sharp’s face can be seen from the window of the carriage as she flings a book at the surprised Miss Jemima, who stands on the right side of the image at the bottom of the stairs. Next to the left pillar is a young girl with long braids, possibly Laura Martin, crying and covering her face with her hands. Below the illustration is printed its title and location in the story, “REBECCA’S FAREWELL. (p. 12.)”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:22493
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22493_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Children; Girls; Carriages and carts; Books; Crying