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Seated Figure Smoking a Hookah

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William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863

Seated Figure Smoking a Hookah

6 1/8 x 4 15/16 inches (156 x 126 mm)
Printed in brown ink.
2005.248b

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.

Notes
This print of a smoker seated on a chaise may depict George Sand. It is accompanied by a preparatory drawing in the same direction.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in graphite on upper right "IX." Inscribed on mount "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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department