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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
Initial Letter for Chapter XXXVI of Vanity Fair
1837
Watercolor on paper.
5 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (136 x 114 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
2005.169
Notes:
See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.
Inscription:
Signed by artist in graphite at bottom left corner of drawing, "W.M. Thackeray 1837".
Provenance:
Gift of the artist to the Fairholt family (according to a letter from Ernest Dressel North to Pierpont Morgan); Ernest Dressel North, New York; from whom purchased in 1907 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York.
Associated names:
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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