BIB_ID
326695
Accession number
MA 470.28
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
undated [1851-1862].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) : ill. ; 17.4 cm
Notes
Illustrated with a sketch of Thackeray in clothes that are too small for him and with a sketch of his own clothes drying by the kitchen fire.
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible years of writing identified by Ray.
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to Jane Octavia Brookfield and others. Letters in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information.
Possible years of writing identified by Ray.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
Remarking that he was on his way to visit her when he was caught in a terrible rainstorm. Noting that he has taken shelter at a friends house and has borrowed clothes that are much too small for him while his own dry by the kitchen fire. Asking if they will meet the following day at Doctor Piper's.
Catalog link
Department