BIB_ID
310734
Accession number
MA 4500
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
ca. 1849.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Drawing by Thackeray for a wood engraved illustration for his The history of Pendennis (London : Bradbury & Evans, 1849-50), reproduced in v. 2, p. 35 of the published novel.
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5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (140 x 108 mm); inlaid in sheet: 12 x 8 1/16 inches
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with the artist's initials at lower left; caption on framing sheet, "Captain Costigan The History of Pendennis Part. XIV Chapter IV Page 35."
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Drawing shows Captain Costigan standing outside in the street beside the doorstep of a building.
Medium
Pen and ink and watercolor over graphite, on paper.
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