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"Discovering the world of William Makepeace Thackeray, a renowned English novelist who left an indelible mark on literature

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Title page from the first edition of Mrs. Perkins's Ball, 1847, published 1903 (print)

Title page from the first edition of Mrs. Perkins's Ball, 1847, published 1903 (print)
3769746 Title page from the first edition of Mrs. Perkins's Ball, 1847, published 1903 (print); (add.info.: Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray English Literature-An Illustrated Record)

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray - Palace Gardens

Thackeray - Palace Gardens
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863) English novelist's home in Kensington Palace Gardens, where he lived from 1862 until his death

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863. English novelist. Hand writing sample

William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863. English novelist. Hand writing sample
3116205 William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 - 1863. English novelist. Hand writing sample.; Private Collection

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes

Cover design, W M Thackeray, The Newcomes
Part-work cover design, William Makepeace Thackerays serialised novel, The Newcomes, Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, designed by Richard Doyle. 1858

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray
3777199 William Makepeace Thackeray - by Gilbert, John (1817-97); (add.info.: William Makepeace Thackeray-Posthumous portrait. Painting by John Gilbert)

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Walpole House, Chiswick Mall

Walpole House, Chiswick Mall, originally the home of Barbara Villiers, Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II, and the inspiration for Miss Pinkertons Academy in Thackerays Vanity Fair

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811

William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863 English Novelist And Humorist Engraved By W B Closson From A

William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863 English Novelist And Humorist Engraved By W B Closson From A Daguerreotype Taken By Brady During Thackerays Trip To America From The Book The Century Illustrated

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863. English Novelist. From A Photograph

William Makepeace Thackeray 1811-1863. English Novelist. From A Photograph

Background imageMakepeace Collection: 16 Young Street, London

16 Young Street, London
Illustration of 16 Young Street, home of William Makepeace Thackeray. Artist: Sydney Carter. Date: 1904

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray (Laurence)

Thackeray (Laurence)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray Lecturing

Thackeray Lecturing
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY the author reading from his works. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY

THACKERAY
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray Reading

Thackeray Reading
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY depicted reading The Rose and the Ring to Miss Story. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray Seated

Thackeray Seated
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray (Anon)

Thackeray (Anon)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. with his autograph Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray (Maclise)

Thackeray (Maclise)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc. Date: 1811 - 1863

Background imageMakepeace Collection: WILLIAM M. THACKERAY (1811-1863). English novelist and journalist. Mezzotint by G

WILLIAM M. THACKERAY (1811-1863). English novelist and journalist. Mezzotint by G. Sidney Hunt

Background imageMakepeace Collection: USA, Massachusetts, Wareham, cranberries and scoop

USA, Massachusetts, Wareham, cranberries and scoop

Background imageMakepeace Collection: WILLIAM M. THACKERAY (1811-1863). William Makepeace Thackeray. English novelist

WILLIAM M. THACKERAY (1811-1863). William Makepeace Thackeray. English novelist. Oil on canvas, c1864, by Samuel Laurence

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Rebecca makes acquaintance with a live baronet

THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Rebecca makes acquaintance with a live baronet. Etching after the authors design, for the first edition of Willam Makepeace Thackerays novel Vanity Fair, London, 1848

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: SLUM, 1876. Scene in Glasgow from The Orphan of Pimlico and other Sketches

THACKERAY: SLUM, 1876. Scene in Glasgow from The Orphan of Pimlico and other Sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1876

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Rebeccas Farewell. Etching, after the authors design

THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Rebeccas Farewell. Etching, after the authors design, for the first chapter of William Makepeace Thackerays novel Vanity Fair, 1847-48

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Virtue rewarded, A booth in Vanity Fair

THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Virtue rewarded, A booth in Vanity Fair. Etching, after the authors design, to the concluding chapter of William M. Thackerays novel Vanity Fair, 1847-48

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. A Family Party at Brighton. Etching, after the authors design

THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. A Family Party at Brighton. Etching, after the authors design, to chapter 25 of William Makepeace Thackerays novel Vanity Fair, 1847-48

Background imageMakepeace Collection: AD: VANITY FAIR, 1848. Advertisement for Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray

AD: VANITY FAIR, 1848. Advertisement for Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, published by Punch Magazine as a serial between 1847 and 1848

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Cover etching after a design by William Makepeace Tackeray s

THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Cover etching after a design by William Makepeace Tackeray s
THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Cover etching after a design by William Makepeace Tackerays monthly numbers as first issued, 1847-48

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Title page of the first edition after a design by the author

THACKERAY: VANITY FAIR. Title page of the first edition after a design by the author, William Makepeace Thackeray, London, England, 1848

Background imageMakepeace Collection: CHILD LABOR, 1911. 11 year old boy working during harvest season at Makepeace near Wareham

CHILD LABOR, 1911. 11 year old boy working during harvest season at Makepeace near Wareham, Massachusetts. Photograph, September, 1911, by Lewis Hine

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray RIP

Thackeray RIP
circa 1900: The grave in Kensal Green Cemetery, of the English novelist, W M Thackeray (1811 - 1863). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackerays Home

Thackerays Home
circa 1900: Exterior of 16 Young Street, Kensington, London, where the English novelist, W M Thackeray (1811 - 1863), lived. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). English

THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811-1863). English victorian novelist. Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Background imageMakepeace Collection: WILLIAM M. THACKERAY (1811-1863). English novelist and journalist. Mezzotint, American, 1853

WILLIAM M. THACKERAY (1811-1863). English novelist and journalist. Mezzotint, American, 1853

Background imageMakepeace Collection: THACKERAY: NEWCOMES, 1855. Engraving from a 19th century edition of William Makepeace Thackerays

THACKERAY: NEWCOMES, 1855. Engraving from a 19th century edition of William Makepeace Thackerays The Newcomes

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Silhouette portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray

Silhouette portrait of William Makepeace Thackeray
Silhouette portrait believed to be William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863), English novelist, pictured full-length with a book in hand. c.1845

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackerays Home

Thackerays Home
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY In this feudal-looking house, at No 16 Young Street, lived the famous novelist William Thackeray for several years

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Thackeray / Brock

William Thackeray / Brock
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY English novelist

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray / Furniss

Thackeray / Furniss
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY Victorian novelist

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray / Kensington

Thackeray / Kensington
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY English novelists home at 13 Young Street, Kensington, from 1846 to 1853

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackerays Handwriting

Thackerays Handwriting
Manuscript in Thackerays handwriting for " Sorrows of Werther"

Background imageMakepeace Collection: Thackeray (Selfport)

Thackeray (Selfport)
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY author of Vanity Fair etc

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Thackeray / Centur

William Thackeray / Centur
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY English novelist in 1855-56

Background imageMakepeace Collection: William Thackeray / Chapel

William Thackeray / Chapel
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY English novelist



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"Discovering the world of William Makepeace Thackeray, a renowned English novelist who left an indelible mark on literature. From his humble beginnings in Palace Gardens to his iconic hand-writing sample, every aspect of Thackeray's life tells a story. The cover design of 'The Newcomes' showcases his artistic prowess and attention to detail. As we explore Walpole House in Chiswick Mall and 16 Young Street in London, we can almost feel the presence of this literary genius. Laurence Thackeray follows in his footsteps, carrying on the family legacy with pride. Lecturing or reading, Thackeray captivated audiences with his words that continue to resonate today. Whether seated or captured anonymously, he exudes an aura of wisdom and intellect that is truly captivating. "