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Sketches for Windows at Fonthill Abbey. Verso: Four sketches similar to those on the recto

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Sketches for Windows at Fonthill Abbey. Verso: Four sketches similar to those on the recto

9 1/8 x 7 5/16 inches (233 x 185 mm)
Black chalk on paper; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:127

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
Watermark: Portal & Co. (Churchill, p. 52)
The subject of the drawing, a winged figure, is a theme from Revelation, XII.
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. 60, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department