Pastoral
Pastoral

Currently not on view

Pastoral

Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849–1919; born Bow, England; died London, England; active London and Florence, Italy
x1990-50

Information

Title
Pastoral
Maker
Charles Fairfax Murray
Medium
Grisaille: white and black ink or gouache applied with a heavy pen or thin brush, over pencil
Dimensions
uneven: 31 x 88.2 cm. (12 3/16 x 34 3/4 in.) stretcher: 23.8 x 80.8 cm. (9 3/8 x 31 13/16 in.) frame: 34.6 × 91.2 × 2.5 cm (13 5/8 × 35 7/8 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
x1990-50
Signatures
Signed in ink, lower right: CFM
Culture
British
Type
drawings
Materials
graphite, ink, gouache, kraft paper, canvas
Techniques
grisaille
Subject
musicians, pastoral, figures (representations)

The artist's grand daughter; Stone Gallery, (one of two versions for sale ca. 1980(?)) Purchased from: Nissman, Abromson, & Co., Brookline, MA.

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