Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Sketchbook with Studies Largely from Germany to Switzerland

Image not available
William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863

Sketchbook with Studies Largely from Germany to Switzerland

before 1861
40 drawings on 89 leaves, mostly in graphite and watercolor on blue paper; 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (191 x 146 mm).
2006.140

Gift of Melvin R. Seiden.

Notes
This sketchbook was used by the author of Vanity Fair while traveling through Germany and Switzerland and presented to a friend of his who was departing for service in India.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscription on inner cover indicates that Thackeray gave this sketchbook to Edmund W. Craigie in 1861.
Associated names
Seiden, Melvin R., former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department