Benjamin West
1738-1820
Landscape with Gnarled Tree Trunk in Right Foreground
7 5/8 x 6 1/4 inches (193 x 158 mm)
Black chalk on letter paper.
1970.11:144
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: coat of arms with horn surmounted by crown and letters GR (close to Heawood 2754).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in pen and brown ink on verso, "Benjamin West Esqr. / Newman Street".
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. 177.
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Century Drawings
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