Untitled
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Photographic paper and paper
Measurements
130 x 75 mm; 50 mm (Height); 103 mm (Width); 80 mm (Height); 58 mm (Width); 80 mm (Height); 55 mm (Width); 110 mm (Height); 92 mm (Width); 15 mm (Height); 40 mm (Width); 38 mm (Height); 112 mm (Width)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 27411.47
Summary
Handwritten note on paper to; My dear Lewis. Paper with Thackeray signature. Oval sepia head and shoulders photograph of Charles Dickens. Oval sepia head and shoulders photograph of Thackeray. Engraving of Robert Southey. Scrap of paper signed; Mr Southey. Scrap of paper with eight indecipherable lines of handwriting.
Full description
Handwritten note on paper 36 Onslow Square Brompton 2 May My dear Lewis I send a little letter wch I have dictated to my amenuensis Miss Thackeray. I wish I had more to tell but this is all unfortunately, and always at your service. Always yours WMT Scrap of paper with handwritten signature Faithfully yours W.M.Thackeray Oval sepia photograph, head and shoulders of Charles Dickens. Handwritten in pencil below; Dickens. Oval photograph. Head and shoulders – presumably Thackeray. Rectangular engraving of Robert Southey JOHN OPIE WH EGLETON printed below photograph Scrap of paper, handwritten with Mr Southey Handwritten scrap of paper 8 lines in black ink. Only few words decipherable.
Provenance
Purchase from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters