Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
Little Red Riding Hood
1825
9 7/8 x 6 9/16 inches (251 x 166 mm)
Graphite on paper.
2005.180
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
Signed by artist in graphite at lower right "W.M.Thackeray June 15, 1825"; verso: inscribed in another hand in graphite "Ms. Bs.".
Associated names
Fairholt family, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
North, Ernest Dressel, 1858-1945, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
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