BIB_ID
325285
Accession number
MA 469.63
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1851 May 1].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (4 p.) : ill. ; 18.2 cm + envelope
Notes
Date of writing identified by Ray.
Illustrated with small in-line sketches of a Chinese man, a shoe, and a priest staring through some opera glasses.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Pre-stamped envelope with postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / Clevedon Court. Clevedon / Bristol."
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the Chrystal Palace.
Illustrated with small in-line sketches of a Chinese man, a shoe, and a priest staring through some opera glasses.
Part of a collection of letters primarily from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Pre-stamped envelope with postmarks and addressed to "Mrs. Brookfield / Clevedon Court. Clevedon / Bristol."
The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in the Chrystal Palace.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Mentioning that he has just come home from the exhibition and wondering why she has not written in so long. Remarking that although the exhibition does not interest him all that much, the opening ceremony "was a noble awful great love inspiring goos flesh bringing sight." Describing some of what he say and noting that he is very tired.
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