William Makepeace Thackeray
6 of 34 portraits by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
William Makepeace Thackeray
by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after Joseph Durham
1878, based on a work of 1864
30 in. (762 mm) high
NPG 495a
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The difference in size between 495 and 495a is due to the shrinkage of the terra-cotta during baking.
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Commissioned by the trustees of the NPG in case of damage to the original.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
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