Benjamin West
1738-1820
Dancing Girl with a Veil
5 1/8 x 3 3/4 inches (131 x 96 mm)
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, laid down; border in gray wash on old mat.
1970.11:220
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
This figure can be identified as Terpsichore, the muse of the dance, and may have been drawn for the title page of "The New English Theatre" series.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in black chalk at lower right, "B. West".
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
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. 11.
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Century Drawings
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