Benjamin West
1738-1820
Naval Battle
3 1/16 x 5 13/16 inches (77 x 147 mm)
Black chalk on paper; border in gray wash on old mat; laid down.
1970.11:64
Purchased as a gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
This drawing may have been a preliminary drawing for West's historical painting, "The Great Battle of La Hogue," 1778, now at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed by the artist in black chalk on mat at lower right, "B. West". Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, "Alfred Russel Margary from his affecte Grandmother Mrs. West 1848".
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. 17.
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Century Drawings
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