Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
Sketches for a Recumbent Figure
9 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (239 x 375 mm)
Graphite with some red chalk, on oatmeal paper.
1970.11:193
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Notes
This drawing is a preparatory study for Act IV, Scene III in Shakespeare's "As You Like It," where the sleeping Oliver is attacked by a snake and a lion.
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. 216, repr.
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