BIB_ID
327119
Accession number
MA 470.49
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
1850 Aug.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 22.4 cm
Notes
Notes are written in the margin next to an engraved head-and-shoulders profile portrait and brief biographical sketch of Canute.
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Thackeray at Mr. Gawain's (?) sale, August, 1850; sale (Exchange Mart, 16 May 1887); purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Summary
An anecdote relating Thackeray's chance meeting with a friend whom he had not seen in some time, and their discussion about purchasing engravings, signed "W M Thackeray." A second note on the engraving reads "A very fine print. Bought at Mr. Gawain's (?) Sale August 1850. W M Thackeray."
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