Benjamin West
1738-1820
Man in Highland Dress
8 1/4 x 7 1/16 inches (210 x 180 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over preliminary drawing in graphite, on paper; dog sketched in black chalk; oval design.
1970.11:80
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: Ivy Mill / 1805.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on the plough at lower right, "1817 / B. West". Notations in graphite by a different hand at right of design, "Shield on arm / Plaid over belt / feather on left side / the slow hound / Purse".
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. 149, repr.
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Century Drawings
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