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Sketch of a Fountain; verso: Two Caricatured Heads
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The sketch was made on Royal Academy letterhead; in red, it is printed "Royal Academy of Arts / London, W. / 190__" The drawing of the fountain is folded on the outside of the sheet. The heads are visible when the sheet is unfolded. Another caricatured head is visible on the underside of the sheet, but the sheet is completely adhered to the album leaf.
Department of Drawings
David Murray London sold; [through Christie’s London May 28 1934 lot 2] sold; [to Martin Birnbaum] gift; to Grenville L. Winthrop 1935 bequeathed; to Fogg Art Museum 1943
A number of the drawings in this album were given to Murray (a Scottish landscape painter and Royal Academician 1849-1933) by Sargent. Murray lived at 1A Langham Chambers Portland Place London.
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Sketch of a Fountain; verso: Two Caricatured Heads
Description:
The sketch was made on Royal Academy letterhead; in red, it is printed "Royal Academy of Arts / London, W.
/ 190__" The drawing of the fountain is folded on the outside of the sheet.
The heads are visible when the sheet is unfolded.
Another caricatured head is visible on the underside of the sheet, but the sheet is completely adhered to the album leaf.
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