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.

Shipwreck Scene

Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850

Shipwreck Scene

6 3/16 x 16 13/16 inches (173 x 427 mm)
Pen and black ink and wash, with red chalk, on paper trimmed to an arch at top.
1970.11:36

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
Watermark: J Whatman.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, "B.. West". Fragment of a seal.
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. 226, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department