Francis Robert West
1749-1809
Oval Portrait of a Seated Man Holding His Stick in Right Hand, Hat with Document in Left
1771
11 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (298 x 242 mm)
Black and white chalk, stumped, with touches of blue and red chalk on the face and hands, on brown paper.
1971.6
Purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Powis Jones.
Notes
Watermark: letters HR.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials and dated in black chalk at lower right, "F R W / 1771".
Associated names
Jones, Edward Powis, 1919-1998, donor.
Jones, Edward Powis, Mrs., donor.
Jones, Edward Powis, Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 123.
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Century Drawings
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