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Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
The Hotel at the Catskill Mountains
Pen and black ink, with black chalk, on paper.
7 1/4 x 8 15/16 inches (184 x 228 mm); design area: 4 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches (121 x 180 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:81
Notes:
This drawing probably relates to Raphael West's travels in America from 1799-1802.
Inscription:
Inscribed by the artist in black chalk below the lower margin, "The Hotel at the Catskill Mountains - North America".
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. 238, repr.
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