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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Chryseis Returned to Her Father Chryses
Pen and brown ink on gray paper, laid down.
4 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (121 x 176 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:69
Notes:
Study for the painting, "Chryseis Returned to Her Father," 1777, at the New York Historical Society. The subject was taken from a story in Book I of the "Illiad."
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Harry Margary, the great-grandson of Maria West (daughter of Raphael Lamar West, and granddaughter of Benjamin West); Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; from whom purchased 60 drawings, 17 June 1964, and 197 drawings, 15 February 1965, by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.; from whom purchased 257 drawings by the Morgan Library in 1970.
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. 16, repr.
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