Benjamin West
1738-1820
Soldier with Plumed Shako. Verso: Sketch of three doves
12 1/8 x 5 13/16 inches (308 x 148 mm)
Black chalk on blue paper; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:34
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
The soldier in this drawing can be identified as a Royal Fusilier through his uniform. Two of the doves drawn on the verso appear in West's painting, "Omnia Vincit Amor," 1811, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Associated names
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Bibliography
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and his son Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 148, repr.
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