COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL050427dc
Reference Number:
English MS 728
Image Title:
Thackeray preface
Parent Work Title:
Letters of William Makepeace Thackeray, etc.
Creator:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Creator Role:
Author
Page/Sheet:
5
Image Sequence Number:
005
Description:
Fragment of the preface to "Rebecca and Rowena" written by Thackeray but signed in the pseudonym A.M. Titmarsh, and dated Kensington, December 15th. A pen and ink sketch shows the author in bed.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
English literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
19th Century CE
People Covered:
Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Private papers
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Notes:
Finding aids: M. Tyson, Handlist of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1929), and additional volumes by M. Tyson (1935), F. Taylor (1951), and G.A. Matheson and F. Taylor (1977); F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 21-31; card index of autograph collections.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2005-04-25
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Thackeray preface
