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Thalia and a Male Nude

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Thalia and a Male Nude

4 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (111 x 196 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1970.11:204

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

Notes
Watermark: crown, fragment of coat-of-arms.
The figure of Thalia is a study for the title page of Volume VII of "The New English Theatre," London, 1777.
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. 10. repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department