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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Landscape with Two Men on Horseback
Black chalk on gray paper.
7 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (200 x 267 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:119
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Watermark: upper half of fleur-de-lis within circle.
Provenance:
(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. 168, repr.
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