Thackeray, William Makepeace
1811-1863
The Alchemist
183-?
8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (212 x 142 mm)
Watercolor and graphite on paper, on paper backing.
1986.2447
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Attribution based on Gordon Ray inventory.
Title from backing paper.
Title from backing paper.
Inscriptions/Markings
Caption title "The Alchemist" in pencil on backing paper below drawing, with "Brine" in pencil above drawing at upper left.
Summary
Drawing of an alchemist standing at atable in his laboratory, holding up a glass flask with one hand as he works a morter and pestle with the other; evidently drawn with Thackeray's friend, Scottish artist John Grant Brine, serving as his model for the figure of the alchemist.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Century Drawings
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