BIB_ID
328360
Accession number
MA 4724.83
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1860 June].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from William Makepeace Thackeray to George D. Smith. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
The note includes two pen and ink sketches; one of a head in profile and the second is of a group with swords in an apparent riot or battle; small pencil sketches are beneath the group sketch.
The note is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter; the note has no salutation but the published letter indicates it is to George Smith.
The note includes two pen and ink sketches; one of a head in profile and the second is of a group with swords in an apparent riot or battle; small pencil sketches are beneath the group sketch.
The note is undated; the month and year of writing is from the published letter; the note has no salutation but the published letter indicates it is to George Smith.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Saying he'd been to see [George] Cattermole about doing a drawing; adding that he has also done some possible drawings for George I and George II.
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