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Standing Male Figure and Other Sketches. Verso: Drapery study

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Standing Male Figure and Other Sketches. Verso: Drapery study

15 1/8 x 14 inches (385 x 357 mm);
Black and white chalk, on blue paper faded to gray; verso: black and white chalk.
1970.11:57

Purchased as a Gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
Studies for "The Ascension," ca. 1781-82, originally painted for the King's Chapel at Windsor, now at the War Memorial Chapel, Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina.
Associated names
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. 23, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department