BIB_ID
328853
Accession number
MA 4724.156
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861] Sept. 30.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 17.8 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.
Thackeray has included a pen and ink, head-and-shoulders self portrait with a long face.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Thackeray has included a pen and ink, head-and-shoulders self portrait with a long face.
The year of writing is from the published letter.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Commenting on a long face; saying his will lengthen "because your speculation is not so good as it might be;" adding, in a postscript, "In the 2 years I have lived comfortably helped the old folks lent a good bit to friends and paid 4000£ on the house. Ought I to grumble? No thank you. In 1862 we come down of course."
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