Raphael Lamar West
1769-1850
View of Honeyoye Lake
3 5/8 x 6 13/16 inches (93 x 173 mm)
Pen and brown ink, on paper.
1970.11:82
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed by the artist in brown ink above the design, "A view of the head on Inlet of Honeyoye Lake - the diversity of tint on / these hills is Beauutifull. The land at the / other end of the lake if of the Best quality / & purfectly Flat for miles". Inscribed on verso by the artist in brown ink along upper margin, "I traced those I sent to England for my Father / May 8th ["th" in superscript] 1799".
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. 239, repr.
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Century Drawings
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