Thackeray, William Makepeace

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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
A Portrait of Thackeray at an Exhibition
Graphite on paper.
10 1/16 x 7 inches (255 x 178 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
2005.182
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See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.

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Verso: rectangular sticker, inscribed in graphite "I", at middle, "325.00net B.cs.ss".

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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.
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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