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"Hobbledehoy Boy": Portrait of Thackeray as a Boy

Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863

"Hobbledehoy Boy": Portrait of Thackeray as a Boy

11 x 8 1/4 inches (279 x 210 mm)
Graphite on paper.
2005.174

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan.

Notes
See letter in Morgan Archives (Early Business Correspondence): North, Ernest Dressel. Letter signed: to Pierpont Morgan, 1907 Jan. 23, offering twelve Thackeray drawings.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by artist in graphite on drawing, "William Thackeray 18[-]0"; inscribed by artist in brown ink at top, "Hobbledehoy Boy"; verso: in another hand in graphite at middle "Ms[--]".
Associated names
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department