BIB_ID
328398
Accession number
MA 4724.93
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1859 Dec.].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
"Portrait of a Russian Gentleman" was written by Henry Sutherland Edwards and appeared in the Cornhill Magazine in January 1861.
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 is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter; there is no salutation; the recipient is identified in the published letter.
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 is undated; the date of writing is from the published letter; there is no salutation; the recipient is identified in the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Suggesting "the Russian Gentleman" if he needs to fill 5 pages; saying he received a "tolerable paper, & 3 very nice little poems from young Tom Hood."
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