BIB_ID
310730
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
18--.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
On card stock, with decorative printing on verso and traces of glue and former backing.
Pen and ink drawing for a design for the three of spades; one of a series of designs executed by Thackeray for a projected pack of comic playing cards.
Title from item.
Pen and ink drawing for a design for the three of spades; one of a series of designs executed by Thackeray for a projected pack of comic playing cards.
Title from item.
2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches (59 x 91 mm)
Inscriptions/Markings
Figures in Thackeray's drawing are labeled in the artist's hand, "Mr. Gibbon Mr. Boswell Mr. Johnson"; inscribed at head, "From the originals in sticking plaster by Miss Williams."
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows the three caricatured figures of Gibbon, Boswell, and Johnson standing in profile, their heads represented in silhouette by spades; in the background, a woman is shown seated at a table pouring tea, accompanied by the figure of a man who stands behind her.
Medium
Pen and ink on card.
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