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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919)

Sold for £55 at Olympia Auctions on Apr 21, 2022.

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CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY (1849-1919) PORTRAIT OF GREAT UNCLE Inscribed upper left ~GREAT UNCLE~ Pencil on paper Image size: 20 x 25cm. (8 x 9¾in.) Framed size: 38 x 41cm. (15 x 16in.) Provenance: From the artist~s studio, thence by descent; The Maas Gallery, London. Charles Fairfax Murray was an artist, art connoisseur, collector and dealer who made important contributions to the South Kensington Museum~s collections during his lifetime. From 1869 to 1870, Murray worked as an assistant in Dante Gabriel Rossetti~s (1828-1882) workshop, and subsequently became associated with the second wave of the Pre-Raphaelites.

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