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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
First I Heard the Old Sow's Song
8 9/16 x 9 9/16 inches (217 x 243 mm)
Brown ink on paper.
2005.249
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by artist in brown ink below drawing, "FIRST I HEARD THE OLD SOW'S SONG/ GIVE ME SOME BARLEY MEAL HONG HONG HONG/ Then I heard the little pig squeek/ I shall be killed in a week week week"; inscribed in another hand in graphite at bottom, "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.
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Century Drawings
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