Benjamin West
1738-1820
Moses Destroying Pharaoh and His Host in the Red Sea
14 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (360 x 311 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on oatmeal paper.
1970.11:21
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Study for a painting of the same subject, now lost, originally executed for the King's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
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. 51, repr.
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Century Drawings
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