Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
Man Peering Over a Rock
11 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (283 x 197 mm)
Black chalk, with pen and brown-black ink, on paper.
1970.11:129
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
Watermark: letter W [Whatman].
The figure in this drawing, which appears to have only one eye, may represent the Cyclops, Polyphemus.
The figure in this drawing, which appears to have only one eye, may represent the Cyclops, Polyphemus.
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. 234.
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