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Studies for characters in 'Vanity Fair'

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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).

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