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British School
18th century
Interior with Three Figures
Pen and brown ink, with gray wash, over graphite, on paper.
5 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (137 x 181 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 28
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On the same mat as III, 28a.
Formerly attributed to William Hogarth.

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.
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Formerly attributed to.
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, 28, repr.

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