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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Kew Bridge with the Pagoda
Pen and light brown ink, on oatmeal paper; laid down on old mat.
4 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches (106 x 201 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:12
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil in a modern hand on verso, "Kew Gardens with the Pagoda".
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. 181, repr.
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