Benjamin West
1738-1820
Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles (recto and verso)
9 1/16 x 6 7/8 inches (230 x 174 mm)
Black chalk; verso: black chalk.
1970.11:89
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: Buttanshaw.
The sketch on the verso illustrates another version of the same subject, Thetis bringing the armor to Achilles.
The sketch on the verso illustrates another version of the same subject, Thetis bringing the armor to Achilles.
Associated names
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. 76, repr.
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