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Manuscripts

William Makepeace Thackeray collection

Description: A collection of poems, lectures, fragments of novels, letters, drawings, and sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray. Correspondents in the collection include William Harrison Ainsworth; Marguerite, Countess of Blessington; Henry T. Buckle; Lady Rachel Butler; Anne Carmichael-Smyth; Edward Chapman; Eyre Crowe; George Cruikshank; Joseph Cundall; William H. Dixon; Whitwell Elwin; Albany Fonblanque; John Forster; Catherine G. F. Gore; Jean A. T. Gudin; Mrs. S. C. Hall; S. Reynolds Hole; William Jerdan; William L. Leitch; Henry T. Lowry-Corry; William C. Macready; Sir William Molesworth; Arthur J. Munby; Charles Neate; Alfred T. Paget; Sir Anthony Panizzi; George Potemkin Perry; Sara Monckton Prinsep; Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Charlotte S. T. Ritchie; Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley; Henrietta M. Stanley, Baroness Stanley; Lady Morgan Stanley; Harriet M. Stephen; and James G. Wilson. Many of the letters contain drawings and sketches by Thackeray. The collection also includes a letter from John Adams to William Wirt, 1818, which is followed by a letter from Thackeray to Whitwell Elwin, 1856 (mssHM 15344). One Thackeray letter, with a drawing, is a forgery purchased from Charles Hamilton (mssHM 45970).
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Date

1818-1903

Call number

mssThackwm

Creator

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Acquired by purchase and gift from various sources, specific acquisition information noted on individual folders, 1916-1981.

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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Associated people

Adams, John, (1735-1826,)

Ainsworth, William Harrison, (1805-1882,)

Blessington, Marguerite, (1789-1849,)

Buckle, Henry Thomas, (1821-1862,)

Butler, Rachel, (1826-1898,)

Carmichael-Smyth, Anne, (1792-1864,)

Chapman, Edward, (1804-1880,)

Crowe, Eyre, (1824-1910,)

Cruikshank, George, (1792-1878,)

Cundall, Joseph, (1818-1895,)

Dixon, William Hepworth, (1821-1879,)

Elwin, Whitwell, (1816-1900,)

Fonblanque, Albany, (1793-1872,)

Forster, John, (1812-1876,)

Gore, Mrs. (1799-1861,)

Gudin, Jean Antoine Théodore, (1802-1880,)

Hall, S.C., (1800-1881,)

Halsey, Frederic R. (1847-1918,)

Hole, S. Reynolds (1819-1904,)

Jerdan, William, (1782-1869,)

Leitch, William Leighton, (1804-1883,)

Lowry-Corry, Henry Thomas, (1803-1873,)

Macready, William Charles, (1793-1873,)

Molesworth, William, (1810-1855,)

Morgan, (1783-1859,)

Munby, Arthur Joseph, (1828-1910,)

Neate, Charles, (1806-1879,)

Paget, Alfred Tolver, (1797-1879,)

Panizzi, Anthony, (1816-1887,)

Perry, George Potemkin, (1837-1919,)

Prinsep, Sara Monckton, (1786-1854,)

Ritchie, Anne Thackeray, (1802-1869,)

Ritchie, Charlotte Sarah Thackeray, (1807-1895,)

Stanley, Edward John Stanley, (1840-1875,)

Stanley, Henrietta Maria Stanley, (1832-1914,)

Stephen, Harriet Marian,

Wilson, James Grant,

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William Makepeace Thackeray collection
Manuscripts
A collection of poems, lectures, fragments of novels, letters, drawings, and sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray. Correspondents in the collection include William Harrison Ainsworth; Marguerite, Countess of Blessington; Henry T. Buckle; Lady Rachel Butler; Anne Carmichael-Smyth; Edward Chapman; Eyre Crowe; George Cruikshank; Joseph Cundall; William H. Dixon; Whitwell Elwin; Albany Fonblanque; John Forster; Catherine G. F. Gore; Jean A. T. Gudin; Mrs. S. C. Hall; S. Reynolds Hole; William Jerdan; William L. Leitch; Henry T. Lowry-Corry; William C. Macready; Sir William Molesworth; Arthur J. Munby; Charles Neate; Alfred T. Paget; Sir Anthony Panizzi; George Potemkin Perry; Sara Monckton Prinsep; Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Charlotte S. T. Ritchie; Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley; Henrietta M. Stanley, Baroness Stanley; Lady Morgan Stanley; Harriet M. Stephen; and James G. Wilson. Many of the letters contain drawings and sketches by Thackeray. The collection also includes a letter from John Adams to William Wirt, 1818, which is followed by a letter from Thackeray to Whitwell Elwin, 1856 (mssHM 15344). One Thackeray letter, with a drawing, is a forgery purchased from Charles Hamilton (mssHM 45970).
mssThackwm
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William Makepeace Thackeray collection
Manuscripts
A collection of poems, lectures, fragments of novels, letters, drawings, and sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray. Correspondents in the collection include William Harrison Ainsworth; Marguerite, Countess of Blessington; Henry T. Buckle; Lady Rachel Butler; Anne Carmichael-Smyth; Edward Chapman; Eyre Crowe; George Cruikshank; Joseph Cundall; William H. Dixon; Whitwell Elwin; Albany Fonblanque; John Forster; Catherine G. F. Gore; Jean A. T. Gudin; Mrs. S. C. Hall; S. Reynolds Hole; William Jerdan; William L. Leitch; Henry T. Lowry-Corry; William C. Macready; Sir William Molesworth; Arthur J. Munby; Charles Neate; Alfred T. Paget; Sir Anthony Panizzi; George Potemkin Perry; Sara Monckton Prinsep; Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Charlotte S. T. Ritchie; Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley; Henrietta M. Stanley, Baroness Stanley; Lady Morgan Stanley; Harriet M. Stephen; and James G. Wilson. Many of the letters contain drawings and sketches by Thackeray. The collection also includes a letter from John Adams to William Wirt, 1818, which is followed by a letter from Thackeray to Whitwell Elwin, 1856 (mssHM 15344). One Thackeray letter, with a drawing, is a forgery purchased from Charles Hamilton (mssHM 45970).
mssThackwm
Image not available
William Makepeace Thackeray collection
Manuscripts
A collection of poems, lectures, fragments of novels, letters, drawings, and sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray. Correspondents in the collection include William Harrison Ainsworth; Marguerite, Countess of Blessington; Henry T. Buckle; Lady Rachel Butler; Anne Carmichael-Smyth; Edward Chapman; Eyre Crowe; George Cruikshank; Joseph Cundall; William H. Dixon; Whitwell Elwin; Albany Fonblanque; John Forster; Catherine G. F. Gore; Jean A. T. Gudin; Mrs. S. C. Hall; S. Reynolds Hole; William Jerdan; William L. Leitch; Henry T. Lowry-Corry; William C. Macready; Sir William Molesworth; Arthur J. Munby; Charles Neate; Alfred T. Paget; Sir Anthony Panizzi; George Potemkin Perry; Sara Monckton Prinsep; Anne Thackeray Ritchie; Charlotte S. T. Ritchie; Edward John Stanley, Baron Stanley; Henrietta M. Stanley, Baroness Stanley; Lady Morgan Stanley; Harriet M. Stephen; and James G. Wilson. Many of the letters contain drawings and sketches by Thackeray. The collection also includes a letter from John Adams to William Wirt, 1818, which is followed by a letter from Thackeray to Whitwell Elwin, 1856 (mssHM 15344). One Thackeray letter, with a drawing, is a forgery purchased from Charles Hamilton (mssHM 45970).
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Group of material related to a bust of William Makepeace Thackeray including, correspondence, photocopies, a bill of sale, and a copy of the catalogue for the Henry Sayre Van Duzer sale of the Thackeray Library in February 1922 at the Andrson Galleries in New York, New York. Correspondents include Thackeray's daughter Lady Anna Ritchie, sculptor E.O. Ford, writer Herman Charles Merivale, and Major William H. Lambert.
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William Makepeace Thackeray letters to the Countess of Blessington, with original drawings
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The letters to the Countess of Blessington were removed from the volume by Huntington Library staff in June 1937 and cataloged separately (mssHM 15251-15294).
mssHM 40008
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William Makepeace Thackeray autograph letters; Lady Anne Ritchie autograph letters
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