[Georgy on the Boat] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture · Center for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Georgy on the Boat]
Subject: Boys; Men; Messengers; Sailors; Children; sailing; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Georgy Osborne sits on top of his family’s carriage after climbing across the others, holding onto a rope with one hand. On the deck next to the railing below him are three workers; the one furthest to the left is Mr. Kirsch, the courier, who is lifting his hat in greeting to Georgy.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23178
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23178_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Boys; Men; Messengers; Sailors; Children; sailing; Children in literature; Childhood and youth; Manners and customs; fictional works; Fictitious characters