Benjamin West
1738-1820
The Rider on the White Horse. Verso: Compositional sketch
9 1/4 x 7 inches (235 x 178 mm)
Black and white chalk, on blue-gray paper; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:171
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Study for the "Destruction of the Beast and the False Profit," 1804, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The drawing is an illustration of Revelation, XIX, 11 and 20.
Study for the "Destruction of the Beast and the False Profit," 1804, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The drawing is an illustration of Revelation, XIX, 11 and 20.
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. 70, repr.
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