Attributed to Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
1802-1873
Scene from Rossini's Guillaume Tell : Arnold Melchtal Receiving the News of his Father's Death
1829
7 7/8 x 11 inches (200 x 280 mm)
Wash drawing on paper.
2013.9:15
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Originally on page 15 of the Braham Album compiled by C.B. Braham, a musician, and presented to his sister Frances Countess Waldegrave.
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Braham, Charles Bampfylde, 1823-1884, former owner.
Waldegrave, Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham, Countess, 1821-1879, former owner.
Lee, Edward, 1833-1904, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Waldegrave, Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham, Countess, 1821-1879, former owner.
Lee, Edward, 1833-1904, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
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Century Drawings
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