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| Title: | William Makepeace Thackeray Drawings |
| Inclusive Dates: | circa 1848 |
| Quantity: | 2 volume(s) |
| Abstract: | Twelve original drawings for The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin, bound, with article from Harper's New Monthly Magazine and commentary by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Gordon N. Ray. Also, one copy of the facsimile edition published in 1980. |
| Language: | English |
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Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) was an English novelist, known for his social satire and parody. Well known works by Thackeray include Vanity Fair, Pendennis and The Virginians.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The William Makepeace Thackeray Drawings consists of the original manuscript of The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin with autograph descriptions by Thackeray, in a handsome red binding. Together with portraits of Thackeray by Kruell (proof after Lawrence) and Hollyer (after G. B. Smith), the single volume also contains the article from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February 1891, in which the drawings were first published, with comment by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and Gordon N. Ray. Undated, the large quarto volume is bound in full red morocco with elaborate gilt spine and covers as well as gilt edges.
Created for the wife of Thackeray's friend Robert Bell, the twelve pen and ink drawings (the first seven embellished in watercolor) depict the comic adventures of M. Boudin, a Boulogne fisherman, who is captured by Nelson after sinking a British fleet of 33 vessels, only to meet his doom with Napoleon at Waterloo.
In celebration of the 80th birthday of Syracuse University Chancellor Emeritus William P. Tolley, Syracuse University Library Associates published a facsimile edition of the original manuscript in 1980, a copy of which is contained in the box with the originals.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
William Makepeace Thackeray Drawings,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchased with funds provided by George and Lena Arents, 1965.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: KM
Date: Dec 1996
Revision history: 13 May 2010 - converted to EAD (MRC)