Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Esau Selling His Birthright for a Dish of Pottage

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Esau Selling His Birthright for a Dish of Pottage

2 5/8 x 3 5/16 inches (67 x 101mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1970.11:157

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
Watermark: C. Tay[lor].
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
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. 34, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department