The contest between Apollo and Pan Drawing new version for A.D. 1847 / designed by W. Newman.

Record ID: 
283419
Accession number: 
MA 2011.10
Author: 
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published: 
1847.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

The drawing is unsigned but is likely the work of Thackeray.
Part of the Bradbury album, a scrapbook of letters, sketches, drawings, prints, photographs, and printed ephemera. Significant items in the album are described in 27 individual records (MA 2011.1-27).

Summary: 

Drawing of Apollo seated on the left, facing right and playing a lyre, and Pan seated on the right, facing left and playing what appears to be a banjo. King Midas sits between them and is depicted with a donkey's head. Thackeray's Pan is of African descent.

Medium: 
Pencil on paper.
Dimensions: 
97 x 149 mm
Classification: