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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
A Candidate for Teetotalism
Graphite on paper.
6 5/8 x 4 5/16 inches (169 x 110 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
2005.179
Inscription:
Inscribed by artist in graphite at top left, "a candidate for teetotalism"; verso: inscribed in graphite at top, "Fairburn the publisher, 'Life in Paris', 'Life in London'." Inscribed in another hand in graphite "150.00net Bos.ss".
Provenance:
Gift of the artist to the Fairholt family (according to a letter from Ernest Dressel North to Pierpont Morgan); Ernest Dressel North, New York; from whom purchased in 1907 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York.
Notes:
See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.
Associated names:
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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