Record ID:
324740
Accession number:
MA 472.4
Published:
[1824-1827].
Credit:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description:
1 drawing.
Notes:
With a note by Boyes at the foot of the drawing "By Thackeray JFB".
Part of a collection of Thackeray manuscripts, letters and drawings; items in the collection are described in individual records.
The sketch is undated but according to writings by J.F. Boyes, a schoolmate of Thackeray's at The Charterhouse School, the sketches would have been done between 1824 and 1827.
Summary:
Sketches of various animal tails and a small sketch of a man looking at a music manuscript with a long tail flying out from his head.
Medium:
pen and ink on paper.
Dimensions:
6 1/2 x 5 inches (166 x 126 mm)
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
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