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Charles Beale
1660-1714
Charles Beale's Sketchbook
1679
Red chalk, some with touches of black ink, on paper; except fol. 8, in graphite on paper.
8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches (225 x 171 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 6-11
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Watermark: fleur-de-lis (Heawood 1785).
Original drawings (68), 65 of which are portraits.
Inscription:
Title page inscribed, "Charles Beale / 1st Book. 1679. / Charles Beale's Book".
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.
Bibliography:
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, III, 6-11.
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