BIB_ID
289795
Accession number
MA 109.6
Creator
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Display Date
1848 Feb. 15.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of miscellaneous letters and documents of Charles Dickens. Items are cataloged individually; see related records for full description.
Webster's painting was exhibited at the Academy that summer.
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens.
Webster's painting was exhibited at the Academy that summer.
Written from Devonshire Terrace. Signed Charles Dickens.
Summary
Discussing [Thomas] Webster's Nickleby illustration ["Dotheboys Hall: The Brimstone and Treacle Scene"], noting that Dickens "begged him to make his sketch in colors and presentable, in order that [he] might purchase it afterwards." Asking Chapman to send "whomever is to copy it, to fetch it from [Webster's] house," noting that Webster is "desirous to have it back, if possible, for exhibition at the Academy." Mentioning the publication of the Cheap Edition.
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