BIB_ID
324545
Accession number
MA 469.12
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1849].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.5 cm
Notes
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.
Possible year of writing identified by Ray.
Possible year of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
A poem on Thackeray's inability to write because his thoughts are on a "lady dear" (Mrs. Brookfield). Headed "I was making this doggerel instead of writing my Punch this morning. Shall I send it or no?" And at the foot of the page "The rest is wanting --."
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