Jos performs a Polonaise · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Jos performs a Polonaise
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Nobility; Soldiers; Dance
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Germany; Europe
Description: Joseph Sedley stands opposite the Countess of Schlüsselback, holding her hand as they walk a Polonaise at a Court-ball. Behind them in the row are Major Dobbin and Amelia Osborne, with another decorated officer in the pair after. Below the illustration is printed in cursive its title, “Jos performs a Polonaise”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel engravings
Identifier: mta:23182
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23182_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Men; Men, White; Women; Women, White; Nobility; Soldiers; Dance