Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
Frontispiece to 'The Student Quarter' London
1864
3 15/16 x 6 7/8 inches (100 x 174 mm)
Watercolor and graphite on paper.
2005.178
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
Notes
See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in graphite at bottom left, "Thackeray 18-7"; verso: inscribed in another hand in graphite at middle "The Student Quarters, Life in Paris 350.00 net Es. Ms."
Associated names
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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