Studies for characters in 'Vanity Fair'
Maker
(artist)
1811-1863
1811-1863
Title
Studies for characters in 'Vanity Fair'
Date of Production
(circa) 1847
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 17.7 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4443
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Elkin Mathews (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (verso, lower left), n.d. (£10.10); Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 50
p. 50
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: lower centre edge, fragment: top of a decorative shell (could be a match for Heawood 3797 - Paris? after 1813).
Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "William Makepeace Thackeray / 1811-1863 / Studies for figures in Vanity Fair / Amelia + Jos. Sedley + Little Rawdon. / Also his own portrait.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, see photo), Recto: lower right, graphite: "William Makepeace Thackeray / 1811-1863 / Studies for figures in Vanity Fair / Amelia + Jos. Sedley + Little Rawdon. / Also his own portrait.".
Collector's mark: Verso: lower left corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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