Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The Death of Cleopatra

Benjamin West
1738-1820

The Death of Cleopatra

Diameter: 6 5/16 inches (160 mm)
Black chalk with stumping, on paper trimmed in a circle; laid down on a rectangular sheet.
1970.11:234

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

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by another hand in graphite on old mount at lower right, "B. West / Study from life for the death of Cleopatra"; at lower left, "L 2.2-".
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
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. 131.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department