BIB_ID
324503
Accession number
MA 469.6
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
"Friday" [1848 July 28].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (6 p.) : ill. ; 17.7 cm
Notes
Brookfield has cancelled a passage.
Date of writing identified by Ray.
It is not clear whether Thackeray is referencing Edward or Frederic Chapman.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
With a sketch of the penknife handle and a sketch of a man and a woman holding a baby (i.e., "the men taking leave of their sweethearts (who will probably be consoled by the Slashers)").
Date of writing identified by Ray.
It is not clear whether Thackeray is referencing Edward or Frederic Chapman.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
With a sketch of the penknife handle and a sketch of a man and a woman holding a baby (i.e., "the men taking leave of their sweethearts (who will probably be consoled by the Slashers)").
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Remarking that he has broken a new penknife that was giving to him as a gift, and fearing that this is a "dreadful omen;" mentioning that his daughters "didn't seem much to care" when he left them for Brussels on Sunday. Relating details of his trip, noting that Forster was dining with Chapman [on Sunday], that he passed Monday night and part of Tuesday "in the artless society of some officers ... at Canterbury" and recalling their "stale old foul garrison stories;" remarking on watching the men taking leave of their sweethearts, noting "I felt ashamed of myself for spying on them;" mentioning that he has not been able to put anything in the new sketchbooks because it has been raining; describing at length the Canterbury Cathedral. Noting that he arrived in Brussels the day before and referencing feelings of depression, noting that he was "utterly cast down and more under the influence of the blue devil than ... ever before" but remarking that a cheerful sunrise restored his spirits. Describing a scene at a restaurant involving a French gentleman and "a little Grisette giving herself airs." Referencing his continued journey to Spa.
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