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.
The figure of Thalia is a study for the title page of Volume VII of "The New English Theatre," London, 1777.
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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.
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