BIB_ID
116084
Accession number
MA 472.45
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
18-- Oct. 2.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
A penciled note, above the letter, indicates this letter was "purchased through Pearson & Co. from Lady Ritchie - 1907."
Part of a collection of Thackeray manuscripts, letters and drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
The letter begins with "Sonnet by Lord Moira" which Thackeray has just read in the "Diary / Illustrative of / The Times / of / George the Fourth, : in two volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1838, vol. 1, p. 87.
The letter is addressed to "My dear F."
The year of writing is not known, however, the sonnet he quotes was published in 1838, therefore, the letter could have been written between 1838 and Thackeray's death in 1863.
Part of a collection of Thackeray manuscripts, letters and drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
The letter begins with "Sonnet by Lord Moira" which Thackeray has just read in the "Diary / Illustrative of / The Times / of / George the Fourth, : in two volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1838, vol. 1, p. 87.
The letter is addressed to "My dear F."
The year of writing is not known, however, the sonnet he quotes was published in 1838, therefore, the letter could have been written between 1838 and Thackeray's death in 1863.
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Commenting on the poetic merit of the "Sonnet by Lord Moira;" asking Boyes to send it to Lord Moira's daughter; adding that he will read the sonnet in his lecture about George IV and is "glad to light on something hearty and lofty to relieve all that meanness."
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