Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl. Verso: Kneeling figure, head of a horse, and profile of a man
12 5/8 x 15 inches (320 x 281 mm)
Pen and brown ink and wash, black and white chalk on brown paper; verso: pen and ink, and black chalk.
1970.11:14
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
This drawing probably illustrates a scene from Book VI of Virgil's "Aeneid."
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. 220, repr.
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Century Drawings
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