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.
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.
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.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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