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William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863
Seated Figure Smoking a Hookah
5 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches (143 x 105 mm)
Brown ink on paper.
2005.248a
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
This sketch of a smoker seated on a chaise may depict George Sand. It is accompanied by a print reproducing the drawing in the same direction.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in graphite at upper right, "IX"; on reverse of mount in graphite, in another hand, "Given to Mrs. E. M. Fitzgerald-by Thackeray".
Associated names
Fitzgerald, Edward Marlborough, Mrs., former owner.
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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