BIB_ID
310732
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
1861.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
A note on the accompanying folder reads, "Note: a loose note with drawings reads 'Sketch by Thackeray sent to Walker as a design for the initial letter of 'Roundabout Papers' no 10 [sic] in the Cornhill Magazine".
Preliminary sketch by Thackeray, probably sent as a suggested design to illustrator Frederick Walker for a wood engraved capital "W" for no. XVI of his Roundabout papers, as it appeared in Cornhill magazine, v. IV, July-Dec., 1861, p. 377.
Preliminary sketch by Thackeray, probably sent as a suggested design to illustrator Frederick Walker for a wood engraved capital "W" for no. XVI of his Roundabout papers, as it appeared in Cornhill magazine, v. IV, July-Dec., 1861, p. 377.
4 11/16 x 3 3/8 inches (119 x 86 mm)
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen at right, "The letter should be smaller"; in pencil at bottom, "Over"; on verso, "Top" and "This size".
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows an ape sitting in a tree, with the crossed branches at upper right forming the letter "W".
Medium
Pen and brown ink on paper.
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