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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Oliver Cromwell Pointing to the Mace
Black chalk on blue paper; laid down.
6 1/16 x 5 3/8 inches (154 x 137 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:27
Notes:
This is a preliminary sketch for West's historical painting, "Cromwell Dissolving the Long Parliament," 1782, now at the Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey.
Inscription:
Numbered "74" in graphite by a later hand at the lower left corner of the old mat.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Claire Francis, descendent of Benjamin West; sale, London, Christie's, 14 March 1967.
Associated names:
Francis, Claire, 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. 37.
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