BIB_ID
325168
Accession number
MA 473.1
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
undated
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
At the top of the drawing, in ink in an unknown hand, "Original Drawings by Wm. Thackeray."
Part of a collection of Thackeray drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
Part of a collection of Thackeray drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (145 x 95 mm)
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Being a pencil drawing in two parts; at the top of the page is a man, in a cap, conducting a musical score, with the words "Herr Hummel." under him; at the bottom of the page is a winged creature, with a human face, sitting in the branches of a tree.
Medium
graphite on paper.
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