Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Man Peering Over a Rock

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.
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department