Murray, “Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters,” 1904Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919) –

Murray, “Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters,” 1904
Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919) – English artist and collector
“A Selection from the Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray.” London: Privately Printed, 1904. First edition. Unpaginated.
Features 292 plates in black-and-white and sepia-tone based on artwork, and executed by MM Braun, Clement & Co., Paris and Dornach
Approximately 150 artists are represented from various schools, including Parmigiano, Remembrandt, Giotto, Pollajuolo, Perugino, etc.
Includes 23 page index
Quatro (333 x 254 mm); in green cloth boarders with ¾ brown morocco and gilt decoration, spine has five raised bands and gilt, top edge gilt
Very good condition
Estimate: $3,800

Includes the important bookplate of Henry John and Minnie Caroline Bell on the front pastedown. Henry John Bell was a foremost collector at Doves Bindery during Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson’s lifetime (Tidcombe, p. 107).

Charles Fairfax Murray (English, 1849-1919)

Fairfax Murray is purported to have received an early artistic training from Richard Gainsborough DuPont before becoming a protégé of John Ruskin. Later, Fairfax Murray became very closely connected to the Pre-Raphaelite artists, assisting William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. During his travels to Italy for the Director of the National Gallery and other institutions, Fairfax Murray built his own Italian old masters collection. Fairfax Murray continued to collect various artists’ work and rare books throughout his life. When Fairfax Murray decided to sell about 1,500 old master drawings from his personal collection to the American Banker John Pierpont Morgan in 1909, the value was equivalent to over $5 million dollars today. John Pierpont Morgan’s collection later formed the Morgan Library & Museum.

Condition

Traces of shelf wear on the on the spine and back hinge. The corners are lightly with minor wear along the bottom edges. Very minor traces of foxing to the front and rear endpapers. Internally very bright and clean.

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Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919) – English artist and collector
“A Selection from the Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray.” London: Privately Printed, 1904. First edition. Unpaginated.
Features 292 plates in black-and-white and sepia-tone based on artwork, and executed by MM Braun, Clement & Co., Paris and Dornach
Approximately 150 artists are represented from various schools, including Parmigiano, Remembrandt, Giotto, Pollajuolo, Perugino, etc.
Includes 23 page index
Quatro (333 x 254 mm); in green cloth boarders with ¾ brown morocco and gilt decoration, spine has five raised bands and gilt, top edge gilt
Very good condition
Estimate: $3,800

Includes the important bookplate of Henry John and Minnie Caroline Bell on the front pastedown. Henry John Bell was a foremost collector at Doves Bindery during Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson’s lifetime (Tidcombe, p. 107).

Charles Fairfax Murray (English, 1849-1919)

Fairfax Murray is purported to have received an early artistic training from Richard Gainsborough DuPont before becoming a protégé of John Ruskin. Later, Fairfax Murray became very closely connected to the Pre-Raphaelite artists, assisting William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. During his travels to Italy for the Director of the National Gallery and other institutions, Fairfax Murray built his own Italian old masters collection. Fairfax Murray continued to collect various artists’ work and rare books throughout his life. When Fairfax Murray decided to sell about 1,500 old master drawings from his personal collection to the American Banker John Pierpont Morgan in 1909, the value was equivalent to over