Continental School (circa 1700) Study of an eagle; Red chalk study of hands (verso) Graphite and red chalk With Collector's Stamp for Bruce Ingram 18.5 x 13.5cm (7¼ x 5¼ in.) Together with a late 18th/early 19th century pencil and ink sketch of a donkey 8 x 11cm (2) Provenance: The collection of Bruce Ingram A gift from the above to the present owner Bruce Ingram (1877 1963) was a publishing entrepreneur and philanthropist credited with introducing greater use of photography in the news. With a keen interest in art, Ingram was both the Honourable Keeper of Drawings at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the Honourable Advisor on Pictures and Drawings at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. On occasion of his 80th birthday in 1975, Ingram donated 700 seascapes by the Van Der Velde family to the National Maritime Museum. After his death further paintings, now refereed to as the Ingram Collection, were also donated to the museum. Further bequests can be found in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Birmingham Art Gallery and the Royal Scottish Museum.
Continental School (circa 1700) Study of an eagle; Red chalk study of hands (verso) Graphite and red chalk With Collector's Stamp for Bruce Ingram 18.5 x 13.5cm (7¼ x 5¼ in.) Together with a late 18th/early 19th century pencil and ink sketch of a donkey 8 x 11cm (2) Provenance: The collection of Bruce Ingram A gift from the above to the present owner Bruce Ingram (1877 1963) was a publishing entrepreneur and philanthropist credited with introducing greater use of photography in the news. With a keen interest in art, Ingram was both the Honourable Keeper of Drawings at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge and the Honourable Advisor on Pictures and Drawings at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. On occasion of his 80th birthday in 1975, Ingram donated 700 seascapes by the Van Der Velde family to the National Maritime Museum. After his death further paintings, now refereed to as the Ingram Collection, were also donated to the museum. Further bequests can be found in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Birmingham Art Gallery and the Royal Scottish Museum.
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