BIB_ID
324740
Accession number
MA 472.4
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
[1824-1827].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
Part of a collection of Thackeray manuscripts, letters and drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
The sketch is undated but according to writings by J.F. Boyes, a schoolmate of Thackeray's at The Charterhouse School, the sketches would have been done between 1824 and 1827.
With a note by Boyes at the foot of the drawing "By Thackeray JFB".
The sketch is undated but according to writings by J.F. Boyes, a schoolmate of Thackeray's at The Charterhouse School, the sketches would have been done between 1824 and 1827.
With a note by Boyes at the foot of the drawing "By Thackeray JFB".
6 1/2 x 5 inches (166 x 126 mm)
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Sketches of various animal tails and a small sketch of a man looking at a music manuscript with a long tail flying out from his head.
Medium
pen and ink on paper.
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