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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles (recto and verso)
Black chalk; verso: black chalk.
9 1/16 x 6 7/8 inches (230 x 174 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:89
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Watermark: Buttanshaw.
The sketch on the verso illustrates another version of the same subject, Thetis bringing the armor to Achilles.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Harry Margary, the great-grandson of Maria West (daughter of Raphael Lamar West, and granddaughter of Benjamin West); Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; from whom purchased 60 drawings, 17 June 1964, and 197 drawings, 15 February 1965, by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.; from whom purchased 257 drawings by the Morgan Library in 1970.
Associated names:
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. 76, repr.
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