Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Seated Beggar

Attributed to William Hogarth
1697-1764

Seated Beggar

1736
16 9/16 x 12 inches (421 x 304 mm)
Black and white chalk, on gray-brown paper.
III, 38a

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: none.
Possibly a figure study for the artist's painting, "The Pool of Bethesda", 1736.
Associated names
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department