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Achilles Wearing the Armor Brought by Thetis

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Achilles Wearing the Armor Brought by Thetis

9 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches (252 x 206 mm)
Pen and brown ink, on paper.
1970.11:60

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
On verso, invitation (printed except for name and address which are written by hand) addressed to "Benjamin West Esq/Newman Street," to attend the quarterly general meeting of the Governors and Guardians of the Foundling Hospital on 30 December 1807 at one o'clock (West was a Governor of the Foundling Hospital).
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and His Son, Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 82, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department