BIB_ID
325223
Accession number
MA 473.20
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 7 1/16 inches (112 x 179 mm)
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Being a pen and ink drawing of a woman sitting on a pantry floor, clutching at her stomach, an overturned jar by her side; to the left of the drawing Thackeray has penned: "Miss Mary Nichols / Was partial to pickles / And went to the cupboard / & stole some / But they gave her such pain / She never ate them again / She found them so shocking / unwholesome."
Medium
pen and ink.
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