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.

The Virgin and the Dead Christ

Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850

The Virgin and the Dead Christ

7 3/8 x 5 7/16 inches (189 x 139 mm)
Pen and brown ink, on paper.
1970.11:141

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

Notes
Watermark: ... N HALL (according to Churchill, 1829).
Verso: Fragment of the draft of a letter by Raphael Lamar West offering his father's paintings to the government of the United States.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on verso by the hand of the artist in pen and brown ink along the left margin, "6-by-7-1/2.feet".
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. 224, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department