BIB_ID
328928
Accession number
MA 4724.178
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1862] July 18.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) bound ; 17.9 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 year of writing is from the published letter; Thackeray has written "aged 51" under "July 18;" July 18, 1862 was Thackeray's 51st birthday.
Written on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
The year of writing is from the published letter; Thackeray has written "aged 51" under "July 18;" July 18, 1862 was Thackeray's 51st birthday.
Written on stationery embossed with the Cornhill Magazine crest.
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Asking him not to buy "those beautiful chandeliers. I think they are too big for my rooms."
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