Charles_Fairfax_Murray

"Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919), English art expert and collector, was born Sept. 30 1849. He early showed artistic talent, and became a member of the pre-Raphaelite group, being employed as a designer by the firm of William Morris & Co. He exhibited first at the Royal Academy (1867) and later at the Grosvenor Gallery (1879), but as he grew older he devoted himself to the collection of objets d'art of all kinds, and became a well-known connoisseur, entering the Bond Street firm of Agnew & Co. During his later years he disposed of many of his treasures, .some of the more valuable of which were presented by him to the National Gallery, while his collection of drawings by the old masters was purchased by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. He died at Chiswick Jan. 25 1919.