Original drawings for Vanity fair by W.M. Thackeray : Amelia waiting, Studies of the Miss Osbornes. [ca. 1845]

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Original drawings for Vanity fair by W.M. Thackeray : Amelia waiting, Studies of the Miss Osbornes. [ca. 1845]

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A volume containing several of William Makepeace Thackeray's preparatory sketches for illustrations of his novel Vanity Fair, along with several related items. Thackeray's daughter Anne Thackeray Ritchie owned these drawings until 1913, when she sold them to the American book dealer Charles Sessler and the volume contains an autograph letter from Ritchie to Sessler about the drawings, as well as an autograph inscription by Ritchie detailing the drawings's provenance. Also in this volume are Ritchie's introduction to the 1897 biographical edition of the works of Thackeray and a printed page from Vanity fair, showing the final version of one of sketches included here.

[18] p., bound : 3 original drawings ; 32 cm.

University of California, Los Angeles

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Riviere & Son,

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Charles Sessler (Firm)

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Austin, Samuel Henry,

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Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...

Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, 1837-1919

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English novelist; daughter of W. M. Thackeray. From the description of Prayer : autograph manuscript : [n.p.], 1865 June 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858284 Ann Isabella Ritchie was the elder daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1861), a well-known Victorian novelist. Anne was a prolific novelist, essayist and writer of memoirs. By 1875, The Works of Miss Thackeray had been published in eight volumes (Smith, Elder & Company), extended to 15 volumes by 18...