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Sketch of Thackeray Observing Theatricals with Two Children [drawing].

BIB_ID
310662
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
18--.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Sketch by Thackeray of himself and two children, sent to Fred Walker to serve as the basis for a finished design created by the latter for an illustrated capital letter for Thackeray's Roundabout papers no. X, as it appeared in Cornhill magazine, Feb. 1861, p. 250.
Image: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 inches (97 x 72 mm)
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Rough sketch of a man [i.e. Thackeray] standing in a doorway with two children, viewed from the back, with the crowded interior of a theater and the edge of a stage visible beyond the three figures.
Medium
Pen and ink on blue paper, mounted and matted.
Classification