Benjamin West
1738-1820
Study of the Figure of Achilles. Verso: fragmentary sketch
5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches (147 x 105 mm)
Pen and brown ink over slight landscape drawing in graphite; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:79
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Related to Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, Book XIX, verses 295-325, and 390-425.
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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. 85, repr.
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