Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
Sir Pitt's Last Stage
Graphite on paper.
6 7/8 x 3 15/16 inches (174 x 100 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1934.
2005.170
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This drawing is a pencil sketch for a full-page illustration in Harper's Magazine, December, 1892.

Provenance: 
Dr. G.C. Taylor, Brisbane, Australia, his sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 May, 1934, lot 567; from which acquired.
Associated names: 

Taylor, G. C., former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.

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