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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Head of an Apostle
Black chalk on paper.
12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (322 x 241 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:182
Notes:
Watermark: Turkey Mill / J. Whatman 1818.
The subject of this drawing may be St. Peter, drawn in preparation for a depiction of the disciple in either West's drawings of "Christ in the Hall of Caiphas" or "Peter's Denial of Christ."
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Harry Margary, the great-grandson of Maria West (daughter of Raphael Lamar West, and granddaughter of Benjamin West); Thos. Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London; from whom purchased 60 drawings, 17 June 1964, and 197 drawings, 15 February 1965, by M. Knoedler and Co., Inc.; from whom purchased 257 drawings by the Morgan Library in 1970.
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. 108, repr.
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