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Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
Landscape with Lake and Fallen Trees in the Foreground
Pen and black ink, and watercolor, on paper.
9 7/8 x 14 13/16 inches (252 x 375 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:108
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Watermark: C. Pike 1802.
The subject in this drawing can be related to the view, "Part of Lake Ontario," in Raphael West's sketchbook of 1799-1800 at Rutgers University Library.
Inscription:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, "Philadelphia as it was when ['R L West visited America' crossed out] B Wests time / so I was told / T Margary".
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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