Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Harvesters near Windsor Castle. Verso: Three sketches of landscape and a reaper

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Harvesters near Windsor Castle. Verso: Three sketches of landscape and a reaper

7 7/16 x 6 inches (188 x 158 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1970.11:201

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

Notes
Watermark: fragment of coat of arms (close to Heawood 446).
This drawing was probably in preparation for several paintings West executed of scenes from James Thomson's poem "The Seasons".
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, "West Esqr."; verso: inscribed in pen and brown ink, "...Dr. Löchnern... Majesty."
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. 56, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department