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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A Study for Rose and the Ring

William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863

A Study for Rose and the Ring

5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (139 x 89 mm)
Brown ink on paper.
2005.175

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.

Notes
See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by artist in graphite at bottom left, "W.M.Thackeray"; inscribed in another hand in graphite at bottom of mount, "Rose and the Ring".
Associated names
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department