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Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
Group Containing the Head of Mrs. Brookfield
1843
Black ink and graphite on paper.
6 1/2 x 5 11/16 inches (165 x 145 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
2005.181
Notes:
See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.
Inscription:
Inscribed by artist in graphite on drawing, "Mrs. Brookfield", "W.M.Thackeray 1843"; above male head "[---]worth 1813" "sn[---]"; verso: inscribed in another hand in graphite at middle "200.00net B[---]".
Provenance:
Gift of the artist to the Fairholt family (according to a letter from Ernest Dressel North to Pierpont Morgan); Ernest Dressel North, New York; from whom purchased in 1907 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York.
Associated names:
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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