Ensign Stubble practising the art of War
William Makepeace Thackeray
Wood engraving
c.1861
Illustration for Chapter 24, Thackeray's Vanity Fair
"Mr. Stubble, as may be supposed from his size and slenderness, was on the Light Bobs. Ensign Spooney, on the contrary, was a tall youth and belonged to [Captain Dobbin's] the Grenadier Company, and he tried on a new bear-skin cap, under which he looked savage beyong his ears."
Image scanned by Gerald Ajam and captions by Tiaw Kay Siang and Sabrina Lim.