Benjamin West
1738-1820
Landscape with Harvesting Peasants
4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (113 x 185 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1970.11:117
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
It is possible that West made this drawing in the fall of 1802, in his travels to or from Paris. A related finished drawing at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston is inscribed, "French Peasantry". One of the Sketches which Mr. West made in France in 1802.
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. 185, repr.
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