William Hogarth
1697-1764
Operation Scene in a Hospital
8 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (218 x 298 mm)
Graphite and gray wash, over red chalk, with a ruled graphite border, on paper.
III, 35
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Lion with sheaves and staff, on platform, in circle with crown (Vryheyt); mark of B. Cramer (cf. Churchill 84).
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "GR" with half wreath, surmounted by crown, inside a circle.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "GR" with half wreath, surmounted by crown, inside a circle.
Associated names
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, former owner.
Robins, G., former owner.
Forman, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Robins, G., former owner.
Forman, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 35.
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Century Drawings
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