William Blake
1757-1827
Beauty
Pencil on paper.
Design area: 3 15/16 x 2 11/16 inches (102 x 69 mm); full sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (286 x 233 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 45e
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Watermark: none.
Possibly for Jerusalem, plate 81.
Inscription:
Inscribed at upper right in pencil, "3" (superimposed over a 2) and "Beauty".
Provenance:
Possibly Mr. Simpson by 1863; subsequently in a volume of Blakeiana accompanied by a manuscript catalogue by William Muir; Robert Arthington; his sale, London, Sotheby's, 17-18 May 1866, lot 24 (to Pickering); E. Daniel; sale, London, Christie's, 1 June 1887, lot 258 (to Henry White); sale, London, Sotheby's, 21 April-2 May 1902, lot 270 (to K. Roberts); sale, London, Sotheby's 14-15 December 1906, lot 482, no. 43 (to Abbey); 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:
Blake, William, 1757-1827. Jerusalem.
Simpson, Mr., former owner.
Arthington, Robert, former owner.
Daniel, E., former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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