Caricature Portrait of Mrs. George Mosenthal

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Description

The sketch was drawn on the back of a menu from the Royal Academy's dinner of Tuesday December 31, 1907. The menu has come loose from the album leaf.

Dimensions

17.8 x 11.4 cm (7 x 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

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.