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William Hogarth
1697-1764
Portrait of a Man, Formerly Called Lord Lovat. Verso: Roundel with the Slaying of Marsyas
Gray wash over graphite on paper; verso: gray wash over graphite.
9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (238 x 187 mm)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
III, 32
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Watermark: Fragment of a crown over shield, probably Strasbourg Lily.
Inscription:
Inscribed in an old hand in pen and brown ink, at lower right, "William Hogarth / 1759".
Provenance:
Joly, Dublin; 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:
Joly, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
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