Benjamin West
1738-1820
Peter's Denial of Christ
24 x 22 5/8 inches (610 x 570 mm)
Pen and brown ink, with brown and blue wash; over black chalk, with corrections in white opaque watercolor; on six sheets originally pinned together.
1970.11:124
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: on each of the six sheets, "...iping 1813" and Britannia.
The inscription suggests that this was the last compositional sketch executed by West before his death.
The inscription suggests that this was the last compositional sketch executed by West before his death.
Inscriptions/Markings
Two sheets are signed by the artist in pen and ink, "B. West 1819". A third sheet is inscribed by another hand in pen and ink along the lower margin, "The last design by Benjn ["n" superscript] West-- / 1819-".
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. 107, repr.
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Century Drawings
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