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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Heraldic Lion
Black chalk on light brown paper.
7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (185 x 118 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:258
Notes:
Watermark: coat of arms with fleur-de-lis surrounded by crown (close to Heawood 1846).
This drawing may have been a model for the British lion in the coat-of-arms of England in one of West's historical paintings.
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. 210.
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