BIB_ID
325222
Accession number
MA 473.19
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
undated
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 drawing
Notes
Part of a collection of Thackeray drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
4 7/16 x 6 15/16 inches (112 x 176 mm)
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Being a pen and ink drawing of a man, seated under a tree and reading a book; another man is standing facing him, with a black eye and a band-aid over his nose; to the left of the drawing there is the following verse: "Little Jack Trooks / Is fond of his books / And is loved by his Usher & Master / But naughty Jack Spry / Has got a black eye / And carries his nose in a plaster. / Byron."
Medium
pen and ink.
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