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Young Couple Embracing

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William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863

Young Couple Embracing

6 x 4 5/16 inches (152 x 110 mm)
Brown ink and watercolor on paper.
2005.270

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.

Notes
According to an inscription on an old folder, these drawings were taken from a volume of Lord Bateman drawings. Original drawing for the ballad "The famous history of Lord Bateman," published in Harper's Magazine, December, 1892.
Inscriptions/Markings
Verso: inscribed in graphite at bottom on mount, "From "Lord Bateman" vol."
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department