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Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
Brigand Lying under a Tree
Black chalk, graphite, and pen and brown ink, on paper; verso covered with red chalk for transfer.
15 3/16 x 10 1/8 inches (385 x 257 mm)
Gift of Peter Wick.
1976.28
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Watermark: coat of arms with hunting horn and letters GR (Heawood 2753).
Preparatory drawing for the etching of the same subject, an example of which is at the British Museum.
Provenance:
J. Ratzer, whose wife's grandmother was related to the artist; Peter A. Wick.
Associated names:
Ratzer, J., former owner.
Wick, Peter A., former owner.
Bibliography:
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 295-296.
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