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Military Characters [drawing].

BIB_ID
325224
Accession number
MA 473.21
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.
6 3/8 x 4 9/16 inches (162 x 115 mm)
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Being a pen and ink drawing of two men; one in the foreground, facing forward and dressed in a wide-brimmed hat, with a cape and a sword and leaning on a cane; the man in the background, in profile, is smoking a pipe and is dressed in a military uniform with a tall plumed hat and a close-fitting jacket with epaulettes.
Medium
pen and ink.
Classification