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Achilles Wearing the Armor Brought by Thetis

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Achilles Wearing the Armor Brought by Thetis

5 9/16 x 5 1/4 inches (141 x 134 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1970.11:232

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

Notes
This drawing may be related to Book XIX, verses 295-325 and 390-425, of Pope's translation of the "Illiad."
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. 84, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department