Benjamin West
1738-1820
The Cave of Despair
13 3/4 x 16 inches (351 x 405 mm)
Graphite tracing, on paper.
1970.11:242
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: D. & C. Blauw (Heawood 3268).
An illustration of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" (Book I: The Legend of the Red Cross Knight, or of Holiness) painted by West in 1772.
An illustration of Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" (Book I: The Legend of the Red Cross Knight, or of Holiness) painted by West in 1772.
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. 206.
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