Benjamin West
1738-1820
The Angel in the Sun (Revelation XIX, 17)
9 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (237 x 239 mm)
Graphite on paper.
1970.11:24
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: IV 1794.
Inscriptions/Markings
Fragmentary inscriptions in pen and brown ink on recto, "...kind respects to/West, & is much obliged"; on verso, "Mrs. West/Newman Street".
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
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. 59, repr.
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Century Drawings
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