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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Study of the Figure of Achilles. Verso: fragmentary sketch
Pen and brown ink over slight landscape drawing in graphite; verso: black chalk.
5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches (147 x 105 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:79
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Related to Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, Book XIX, verses 295-325, and 390-425.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Harry Margary, the great-grandson of Maria West (daughter of Raphael Lamar West, and granddaughter of Benjamin West); Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; from whom purchased 60 drawings, 17 June 1964, and 197 drawings, 15 February 1965, by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.; from whom purchased 257 drawings by the Morgan Library in 1970.
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. 85, repr.
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