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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Weeping Rock on the River Wye
1799 13 Sept
Graphite on paper.
9 1/16 x 7 3/8 inches (230 x 187 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:115
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist in graphite at upper left, "Weeping Rock / on the river Wye - Sepr. ["r" in superscript] 13. 1799 - ". [the 13 of the date has been superimposed in pen over the original 15].
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.
Bibliography:
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and his son Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 184, repr.
Associated names:
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
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