Benjamin West
1738-1820
Three Quarter Length Portrait of Napoleon
3 1/2 x 3 inches (90 x 76 mm)
Pen and brown ink on paper.
1970.11:85
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso is a fragment of a letter or note in the artist's hand, "...which have distinguished / ...assurance my profound respect / greatly obliged. / B. W.".
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. 161, repr.
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Century Drawings
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