[Vanity Fair Vol. II Chapter XLIV Inhabited Initial] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Vanity Fair Vol. II Chapter XLIV Inhabited Initial]
Subject: Harp; Water; Moon; Mermaids; Harp music; Musical instruments; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ocean
Description: A mermaid with long hair and a thin twisting tail floats near some rocks, mostly out of the water. She is playing a small harp beneath the full moon, which forms the letter O from “Our”.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:22601
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_22601_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Harp; Water; Moon; Mermaids; Harp music; Musical instruments; fictional works; Fictitious characters; imaginary creatures