DETAILS
- Artist
- Benjamin West
- Date
- 1738
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, watercolor washes, and black chalk on off-white laid paper
- Location
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Dimensions
- 7 7/16 x 9 1/2 in. (18.9 x 24.1 cm)
- Collection
- The American Wing
- Culture
- American
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1945
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THE ARTIST
Benjamin West
Benjamin West, the American-born 'American Raphael,' became a celebrated history painter in London, even serving as historical painter to King George III.
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