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.

Sibyl. Verso: Drapery study

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Sibyl. Verso: Drapery study

8 3/4 x 6 9/16 inches (223 x 167 mm)
Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, with white, on gray paper; verso: black and white chalk.
1970.11:187

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

Notes
Possibly a portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton.
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. 63, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department