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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Study for "St. Michael and the Dragon," 1777. Verso: Study for "The Raising of Lazarus," 1776.

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Study for "St. Michael and the Dragon," 1777. Verso: Study for "The Raising of Lazarus," 1776.

5 11/16 x 3 inches (145 x 75 mm)
Black chalk on paper; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:215

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

Notes
Watermark: Pro Patria.
Study for the painting, "St. Michael and the Dragon," 1777, at Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
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. 13, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department