Georgy goes to church genteelly · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Georgy goes to church genteelly
Subject: Children; Boys; Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Household employees; Begging
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Georgy Osborne in a top hat and suit, holds onto his aunt Jane Osborne’s hand, and is turned to face the boy who has come up behind him. The boy is a young sweep, barefoot and with ragged clothes, begging for money. The footman, carrying the church books, is behind the sweep, trying to drive him away with a cane. In the background is Amelia Osborne, who was going for a walk on the cross-street to the one the others are taking to church, watching proudly as her son gives money to the sweep. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Georgy goes to church genteelly”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23147
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23147_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Children; Boys; Women; Women, White; Men; Men, White; Household employees; Begging