BIB_ID
328996
Accession number
MA 4724.195
Creator
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863.
Display Date
[1861? Feb. 9?].
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1991.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 6.8 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.
The note is undated; the probable date of writing is from the published letter.
Written on the inside of the envelope flap; the flap is embossed with Thackeray's monogram crest; the envelope is addressed to "G. Smith Esqre / Messrs. Smith Elder & Co / 45 Pall Mall. "
The note is undated; the probable date of writing is from the published letter.
Written on the inside of the envelope flap; the flap is embossed with Thackeray's monogram crest; the envelope is addressed to "G. Smith Esqre / Messrs. Smith Elder & Co / 45 Pall Mall. "
Provenance
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund in 1991.
Summary
Asking for all of the proofs; saying that he "intended to have done No. III. this week but for my illness wh. is just over."
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