The Ribbons discovered in the fact · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: The Ribbons discovered in the fact
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Household employees; Theft
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Miss Betsy Horrocks, with large ribbons in her hair, kneels in shock next to a chair in Sir Pitt Crawley’s study. Mrs. Martha Crawley, who has just caught Miss Horrocks trying a stolen set of keys on the locked drawers in the room, points an accusing finger at her. Behind her are Reverend Bute Crawley, her husband, and James Crawley, their son, who have both also witness the robbery. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “The Ribbons discovered in the fact”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23122
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23122_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Household employees; Theft