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Charles Beale's Sketchbook

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Charles Beale
1660-1714

Charles Beale's Sketchbook

1679.
8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches (225 x 171 mm)
Red chalk, some with touches of black ink, on paper; except fol. 8, in graphite on paper.
III, 6-11

Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.

Notes
Watermark: fleur-de-lis (Heawood 1785).
Original drawings (68), 65 of which are portraits.
Inscriptions/Markings
Title page inscribed, "Charles Beale / 1st Book. 1679. / Charles Beale's Book".
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department