![]() ![]() ![]() He was educated at schools in Southampton and Chiswick and then at Charterhouse School. Helena where the imprisoned Napoleon was pointed out to him. ![]() William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with a short stopover at St. His mother, Anne Becher (1792–1864) was the second daughter of Harriet and John Harman Becher and was also a secretary (writer) for the East India Company. Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 – 13 September 1815), held the high rank of secretary to the board of revenue in the British East India Company. ![]() Several items are of particular interest, including Thackerays pocket sketchbook of pencil drawings, dating from 1840, and a set of 12 character illustrations for Vanity Fair, which were rendered in watercolor by Joseph Clayton Clarke, better. William had been sent to England earlier, at the age of five, with a short stopover at St. The William Makepeace Thackeray collection includes manuscripts of writings, drawings, and letters. ![]()
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