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Drapery Study

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Drapery Study

15 1/16 x 9 3/4 inches (382 x 249 mm)
Black and white chalk, on blue-gray paper.
1970.11:100

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

Notes
Watermark: IV.
Possible study for the Portrait of Mrs. Peter Beckford, 1797, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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. 157.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department