BIB_ID
325425
Accession number
MA 475.4
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Published
undated
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1913.
Description
1 drawing.
Notes
A penciled title, "Miss Prior's Reflection" is written in the bottom left corner; it appears to be in Thackeray's hand.
This illustration is printed in Chapter IV, "A Black Sheep," in "Lovel the Widower."
This illustration is printed in Chapter IV, "A Black Sheep," in "Lovel the Widower."
6 7/8 x 5 1/16 inches (175 x 128 mm)
Provenance
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Summary
Being a pencil drawing of a woman, standing, in profile, resting her right elbow on a mantelpiece and gazing at her reflection in the mirror above it; a gentleman, appearing to be resting on his knees on a chair behind her, is draped over the back of the chair and observing the woman.
Medium
graphite on paper.
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