[Becky Begs for Assistance] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Becky Begs for Assistance]
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Begging; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: England; Europe
Description: Rebecca Crawley kneels in front of Sir Pitt Crawley, clinging to his hand as she begs him to help her reconcile with her husband. Sir Pitt is seated in an armchair and seems inclined to help her, but Lady Jane, who is entering the room from the door behind them, is opposed.
Image Creator: William Makepeace Thackeray (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Steel-plate engraving
Identifier: mta:23161
Language: eng
Source Name: Vanity Fair. A Novel Without A Hero. In Two Volumes. Vol. II.
Parent Collection: Vanity Fair; Vanity Fair
Image: mta_23161_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Vanity Fair
Subject: Women, White; Men; Men, White; Begging; Women; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Manners and customs; Upper class in literature; Upper class families; Fiction