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William Hogarth
1697-1764
Three Governors of the Foundling Hospital - at a table
Pen and brush and black ink on paper.
10 1/8 x 12 1/2 inches (257 x 318 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 34
Provenance:
Unidentified collector "G.F."; Joly, Dublin; 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:
Joly, 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, 34.
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