Benjamin West
1738-1820
Sketch for the "Installation of Christ Rejected by the Jews", 1814
1813 21 Dec
14 3/8 x 20 7/16 inches (365 x 519 mm)
Pen and brown ink, on heavy oatmeal paper.
1970.11:28
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
West's 1814 painting, "Christ Rejected by the Jews," was on view in the Great Room, formerly the Royal Academy, 125 Pall Mall; from June until late fall 1814.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated, "Benjn. ["n" superscript] West Decemr. ["r" superscript] 21st. ["st" superscript] 1813-." Inscribed on verso in pencil by a different hand, "Portfolio / with ods & ends / journals-Drawings / of mine and the childrens / M M 1856".
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. 99, repr.
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Century Drawings
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