Benjamin West
1738-1820
Allegory of Charity, Woman Holding a Child, Kneeling Woman with Veil, and Two Profiles of a Bearded Man
20 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (535 x 335 mm)
Graphite, on thin paper.
1970.11:261
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: J. Bigg.
The tracings on this sheet have been made from either drawings or prints. Lines of red chalk on the verso of the profiles of the bearded man suggest they were traced from a red chalk drawing.
The tracings on this sheet have been made from either drawings or prints. Lines of red chalk on the verso of the profiles of the bearded man suggest they were traced from a red chalk drawing.
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
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. 208.
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