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Benjamin West
1738-1820
Design for a Pediment. Verso: Sketch of a running nude man.
Graphite on letter paper; verso: black chalk.
7 3/8 x 9 inches (188 x 229 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:126
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Watermark: J. Whatman.
Recto: possibly a sketch for a monument honoring Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792).
Inscription:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, "Benjn. ["n" superscript] West Esqr. ["r" superscript] Newman St ["t" superscript]."
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. 66.
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