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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Man in Highland Dress
Pen and brown ink, over preliminary drawing in graphite, on paper; dog sketched in black chalk; oval design.
8 1/4 x 7 1/16 inches (210 x 180 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:80
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Watermark: Ivy Mill / 1805.
Inscription:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on the plough at lower right, "1817 / B. West". Notations in graphite by a different hand at right of design, "Shield on arm / Plaid over belt / feather on left side / the slow hound / Purse".
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. 149, repr.
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