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Design for a Medal. Verso: Fragment of sketch

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Design for a Medal. Verso: Fragment of sketch

4 x 3 5/8 inches (100 x 91 mm)
Black chalk on paper; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:156

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

Notes
West may have designed this medal for a competition to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Royal Academy. The design depicts Britannia and a lion flanked by two female figures holding shields. The date, 1790, is inscribed at the base of the figures.
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. 47.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department