BIB_ID
248663
Accession number
MA 6336
Creator
Chapman, Frederic, 1823-1895.
Display Date
1888 May 2.
Credit line
Acquired with 1982.85, the Leech drawing.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 17.8 x 12.6 cm
Notes
Written on letterhead of the firm Chapman & Hall.
The drawing to which the letter refers is in the Morgan Library (accession number 1982.85).
The drawing to which the letter refers is in the Morgan Library (accession number 1982.85).
Summary
Concerning the origin and provenance of John Leech's drawing "Tom Smart by the Armchair," which Chapman says was submitted by Leech in 1836 "as a specimen of his ability to illustrate the book" (referring to Dickens's Pickwick Papers).
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