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Title: Charles Fairfax Murray Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1866-1916
Collection Number: mssHM 76265-76327
Creator:
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919.
Extent: 62 pieces. 1 box.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This 62-piece collection chiefly contains correspondence to Pre-Raphaelite artist and art collector Charles Fairfax Murray
(1849-1919),
as well as a few manuscripts by Murray and seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray.
Language: English and Italian
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[Identification of item]. Charles Fairfax Murray Collection, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Purchased from Alan G. Thomas, January 26, 1973.
Artist Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), was born in London but lived a significant
portion of his adult life in Italy. He was an artist who did work for John Ruskin,
Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Morris. Murray is sometimes
identified as the "forgotten Pre-Raphaelite" but he was also an internationally
known collector, art dealer, connoisseur, and buyer for private collectors and
public museums.
This 62-piece collection chiefly contains correspondence to Pre-Raphaelite artist and art collector Charles Fairfax Murray
(1849-1919),
as well as a few manuscripts by Murray and seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray.
The papers consist of the following:
1. Manuscripts, Correspondence, Sketches (1 Box) are arranged alphabetically by author. The collection includes a few manuscripts
by Murray and one unidentified manuscript.
Among the correspondents are: Arthur Christopher Benson, Wilhelm von Bode, Georgiana Burne-Jones, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle,
Campbell Dodgson, F.S. Ellis, J. R. Holliday, Charles Holroyd,
M. R. James, Henry Currie Marillier, Mary Sandys, William Barclay Squire, and Rowland Strong; additionally, there is a miscellaneous
envelope signed by George Cruikshank. The collection also
includes seven unsigned pencil and ink sketches, some of which are by Murray.
2. Ephemera (1 folder) is arranged by subject. This folder includes international postage stamps, fragment of a letter,
and an envelope.
Some material in Italian.
Arranged by genre: Manuscripts, Correspondence, Sketches & Ephemera (1 Box).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Morris, William,
1834-1896.
Murray, Charles
Fairfax, 1849-1919.
Rossetti, Dante
Gabriel, 1828-1882.
Art -- Collectors and collecting --
History -- 19th century.
Art -- Collectors and collecting --
History -- 20th century.
Art dealers -- History -- 19th
century.
Art dealers -- History -- 20th
century.
Pre-Raphaelites.
Ephemera.
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts.
Sketches.
Benson, Arthur Christopher,
1862-1925.
Bode, Wilhelm von, 1845-1929.
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, Lady,
1840-1920.
Cavalcaselle, G. B. (Giovanni
Battista), 1820-1897.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948.
Ellis, Frederick Startridge,
1830-1901.
Holliday, J. R.
Holroyd, Charles, Sir, 1861-1917.
James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes),
1862-1936.
Marillier, H. C. (Henry Currie),
1865-1951.
Sandys, Mary.
Squire, William Barclay, 1855-1927.
Strong, Rowland, d. 1924.
- James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862-1936. In Arthur Christopher Benson, 1862-1925, letters to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1905). HM 76267, 76269.
- Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl, 1850-1916. In Sir George Arthur, 1860-1946, letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1916, June 26). HM 76265.
- Morris, William, 1834-1896. In J. R. Holliday, letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1910, July 10). HM 76294.
- Pater, Walter, 1839-1894. In Arthur Christopher Benson, 1862-1925, letters to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1905). HM 76267-76269.
- Raeburn, Henry, Sir, 1756-1823. In James Greig, 1861-1941, letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1910, Aug. 13). HM 76291.
- Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882. In J. R. Holliday, letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849- 1919, (1910, June 16). HM 76292.
- Sandys, Frederick, 1829-1904. In Mary Sandys, letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1910, Mar. 16). HM 76317.
- Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914. In J. R. Holliday, letter to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849- 1919, (1910, July 10). HM 76294.
- Huth, Alfred Henry, 1850-1910. Addressee for Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1901). HM 76310-76311.
- Morris & Co. (London, England). In H. C. (Henry Currie) Marillier, 1865-1951, letters to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1910). HM 76305-76306.
- Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919. Autograph draft of a reply on verso of a letter from Luigi Rieci, to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1910, Apr. 15). HM 76316.
- Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919. Autograph notes on verso of a letter from William Barclay Squire, 1855-1927, to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1849-1919, (1907, July 26). HM 76320.