William Makepeace Thackeray

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William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863
Smoking Man
Brown ink on paper.
6 1/8 x 4 15/16 inches (156 x 126 mm)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.
2005.248b
Inscription: 

Inscribed in graphite on upper right "IX." Inscribed on mount "Given to Mrs. E.M. Fitzgerald- by Thackeray".

Provenance: 
Mrs. Edward Marlborough Fitzgerald, by descent to her son; from whom acquired in 1887 by J. Pearson & Co, London; Augustin Daly, New York, (July 20, 1838 - June 7, 1899) who incorporated the drawing into a volume with the Brookfield Correspondence, his sale, American Art Galleries, New York,19 March, 1900, lot 3403; from which acquired by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York.
Associated names: 

Fitzgerald, Edward Marlborough, Mrs., former owner.
Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.

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