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Attributed to William Hogarth
1697-1764
Seated Beggar
1736
Black and white chalk, on gray-brown paper.
16 9/16 x 12 inches (421 x 304 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 38a
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Watermark: none.
Possibly a figure study for the artist's painting, "The Pool of Bethesda", 1736.
Provenance:
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), London and Florence; from whom purchased through Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome, in 1909 by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), New York (no mark; see Lugt 1509); his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), New York.
Associated names:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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