Benjamin West
1738-1820
Seated Woman with a Musical Instrument. Verso: Sketch for the same portrait
10 9/16 x 8 1/2 inches (269 x 216 mm)
Black and white chalk, on gray paper; some outlines reinforced with pen and black ink; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:188
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: fleur-de-lis within a circle.
Recto: Study for the Portrait of Mrs. William Beckford (1724/5-98), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (Andrew Mellon Collection, 1947).
Recto: Study for the Portrait of Mrs. William Beckford (1724/5-98), National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (Andrew Mellon Collection, 1947).
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. 158, repr.
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