Benjamin West
1738-1820
View in a Park
14 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches (362 x 542 mm)
Black chalk on paper.
1970.11:218
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: coat of arms with fleur-de-lis surmounted by crown, and letter W [Whatman].
A similarity in the treatment of the trees in this drawing, with their feathery foliage, to those of "Jacob and Laban and His Two Daughters," c. 1785, at the Wichita Art Museum, suggests a date for this drawing in the 1780's.
A similarity in the treatment of the trees in this drawing, with their feathery foliage, to those of "Jacob and Laban and His Two Daughters," c. 1785, at the Wichita Art Museum, suggests a date for this drawing in the 1780's.
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. 180.
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