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Benjamin West
1738-1820
View in a Park
Black chalk on paper.
14 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches (362 x 542 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
1970.11:218
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Watermark: coat of arms with fleur-de-lis surmounted by crown, and letter W [Whatman].
A similarity in the treatment of the trees in this drawing, with their feathery foliage, to those of "Jacob and Laban and His Two Daughters," c. 1785, at the Wichita Art Museum, suggests a date for this drawing in the 1780's.
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. 180.
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