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Charles Fairfax Murray

Also known as: Charles Fairfax Murray; primary name: Murray, Charles Fairfax; other name: Fairfax Murray, Charles
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Life dates: 1849-1919
Address: 17 Shaftesbury Road, Hammersmith (1892) 4 Albemarle Street, W. London.
Biography: Name properly Murray, not Fairfax Murray. Painter, notably of portraits, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite School; worked as a copyist of Old Master paintings for Ruskin (q.v.) in Italy 1875-85. Later a highly successful major dealer in works of art, especially drawings and prints. In 1909 sold 1,400 old master drawings as a group to J. Pierpont Morgan (now the foundation of the collection in the Morgan Library). Much else was sold in Paris in 1914.
Bibliography: DNB D.B. Elliott, 'Charles Fairfax Murray: The Unknown Pre-Raphaelite', 2000 Mark Westgarth, 'Biographical dictionary of XIXc antique and curiosity dealers', 2009 p.140 Paul Tucker, Walpole Society LXXIX 2017 (correspondence of CFM with Burton, Bode and Meyer)

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alabastron

Museum number: 1917,1212.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 480BC-470BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

alabastron

Museum number: 1913,0522.4 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.36 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 300-350 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.70 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.79 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.77 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.64 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.34 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.62 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphora

Museum number: 1913,0522.97 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1913,0522.1 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 300BC-25BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Sidon (Phoenicia - archaic)

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1913,0522.4 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 150BC-50BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1913,0522.76 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1913,0522.2 |
Cultures/periods: x13945 Hellenistic |
Production date: 300BC-25BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1913,0522.72 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

amphoriskos

Museum number: 1913,0522.3 |
Cultures/periods: x13918 Greek |
Production date: 150BC-50BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

badge

Museum number: 1913,0515.1 |
Authority: BIOG100246 Issuer:Vauxhall Gardens |
Production date: 1733 |
Production place: Made in:England

ball

Museum number: 1913,0522.120 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

barrel beaker

Museum number: 1913,0522.21 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

basket

Museum number: 1913,0522.96 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC 200 - 300 |
Production place: Made in:CyprusMade in:Levant |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

beaker

Museum number: 1913,0522.18 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 70-100 70-100 |
Production place: Made in:CyprusMade in:Levant |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Tyre (Phoenicia - archaic)

bottle

Museum number: 135010 |
Cultures/periods: x272757 Early Byzantine |
Production date: 5thC-6thC

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.105 |
Cultures/periods: x52008 Ayyubid dynasty |
Production date: 1200 |
Production place: Made in:Syria |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Samaria (Palestine)

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.104 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.55 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 300 - 400 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.88 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.102 |
Cultures/periods: x23175 Mamluk dynasty |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Aleppo

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.98 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Aleppo

bottle

Museum number: 135009 |
Production date: 1stC(late)-2ndC(mid) |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Levant

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.82 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.103 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.90 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.101 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.117 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 200 - 500 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bottle

Museum number: 1913,0522.108 |
Cultures/periods: x41037 Late Roman |
Production date: 5thC |
Production place: Made in:Syria |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.84 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.112 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Fustat

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.57 |
Production date: 50BC - 50AD |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.113 |
Production date: 150BC - 50BC |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.85 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.58 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 1stC-4thC 1 - 400 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.119 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

bowl

Museum number: 1913,0522.45 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Syria

casket

Museum number: 1917,1210.1 |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

casket

Museum number: 1917,1210.2 |
Production date: 15thC |
Production place: Made in:Switzerland

cosmetic-jar

Museum number: 1913,0522.91 |
Cultures/periods: x23299 Umayyad dynasty |
Production date: 7thC-8thC |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Syria

cosmetic-pot

Museum number: 1913,0522.50 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Abu Shusha

cosmetic-pot

Museum number: 1913,0522.46 |
Cultures/periods: x14001 Islamic |
Findspot: Found/Acquired:Syria

cup

Museum number: 1920,0216.4 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Group of Bonn 73ANear:The Sabouroff Painter |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 460BC-450BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

cup

Museum number: 1920,0216.2 |
Cultures/periods: x13677 Attic |
Production date: 550BC-530BC |
Production place: Made in:Attica (Greece)

dish; forgery

Museum number: 1913,0522.121 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

double jug

Museum number: 1913,0522.106 |
Cultures/periods: x14450 Roman |
Production date: 3rdC 200 - 300 |
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot:Syria

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.17 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.43 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.38 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0512.11 |
Producer name: BIOG44749 Drawn by:Marie Françoise de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 18thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0415.172 |
Producer name: BIOG21708 Drawn by:Carletto Caliari |
Production date: 1543-1588

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.91 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.67 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.59 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0420.3 |
Producer name: BIOG19003 Drawn by:Sebald Beham |
Production date: 1522

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.95 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.54 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.66 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.68 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.57 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.74 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.15 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Parmigianino |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.37 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.84 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.7 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.29 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.89 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.115 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Giorgione |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0404.20 |
Producer name: BIOG23320 Drawn by:Charles Allston Collins |
Production date: 1828-1873

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.121 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0404.25 |
Producer name: BIOG23320 Drawn by:Charles Allston Collins |
Production date: 1828-1873

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0404.22 |
Producer name: BIOG23320 Drawn by:Charles Allston Collins |
Production date: 1828-1873

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.10 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0216.2 |
Producer name: BIOG28167 Drawn by:Théodore Géricault |
Production date: 1791-1824

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.94 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1920,0216.1 |
Producer name: BIOG21148 Drawn by:Pieter Bruegel the Elder |
Production date: 1556

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0806.307 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Girolamo Romanino |
Production date: 16thC

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.28 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.422 |
Producer name: BIOG69303 Drawn by:Charles Fairfax Murray |
Production date: 1867

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.63 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1622

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0617.25 |
Producer name: BIOG52047 Drawn by:Marco Zoppo |
Production date: 1448-1478

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.44 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1891,0404.16 |
Producer name: BIOG23320 Drawn by:Charles Allston Collins |
Production date: 1828-1873

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.8 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Titian |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1936,1010.29 |
Producer name: BIOG44758 Attributed to:Augustin de Saint-Aubin |
Production date: 1751-1807

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0411.6 |
Producer name: BIOG66835 Drawn by:Agostino Carracci |
Production date: 1572-1602

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.36 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Paolo Veronese |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.31 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 2019,7015.419 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Charles Fairfax MurrayAfter:Zanobi Strozzi |
Production date: 1875-1885

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0411.5 |
Producer name: BIOG43822 Attributed to:Ercole de' Roberti |
Production date: 1469-1496

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.55 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Domenico dalle Greche |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0216.4 |
Producer name: BIOG42052 Drawn by:Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils |
Production date: 1830-1875

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.77 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Anthony van DyckAfter:Albrecht Dürer |
Production date: 1614-1641

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.207.49 |
Producer name: BIOG52265 Drawn by:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1614-1641