Thackeray, William Makepeace
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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
Bonnypart
Watercolor and brown ink on paper.
9 x 7 1/4 inches (228 x 184 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
2005.251
Notes:
According to inscription on an old folder, these drawings were taken from a volume of Lord Bateman drawings. Original drawing for the ballad "The famous history of Lord Bateman," published in Harper's Magazine, December, 1892.
Inscription:
Inscribed by artists hand in brown ink below figure, "Bonnypart"; verso: inscribed in graphite on mount at bottom, "Thackeray Buonaparte/From the 'Lord Bateman' vol."
Provenance:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan or J.P. Morgan, Jr. before 1924.
Associated names:
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
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