Artist
Benjamin West (American, active England, 1738–1820)American, active England, 1738–1820
Publisher
Phillip André(German, active London)German, active London
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Angel of the Resurrection
- from the series Specimens of Polyautography
Date1801
Published inLondon, England
MediumLithograph on wove paper mounted on the original wove support sheet with gray-brown aquatint
DimensionsImage: 12 3/4 × 9 in. (32.4 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 9 1/8 in. (33 × 23.2 cm)
Mount (historic): 20 × 15 3/8 in. (50.8 × 39.1 cm)
Sheet: 13 × 9 1/8 in. (33 × 23.2 cm)
Mount (historic): 20 × 15 3/8 in. (50.8 × 39.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, funded by the Museum Collectors in memory of Michael K. Brown
Object numberB.2014.8
Non exposé
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed and dated in printed ink, in image, bottom right corner: B. West. 1801
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: He is not here : for he is risen. acc.
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: B W
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, on mount, right bottom edge: 2616 [on Japanese lining paper] and h 85317 [on mount verso and covered by Japanese paper lining].
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: He is not here : for he is risen. acc.
Recto: Signed in graphite, below image, right bottom edge: B W
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, on mount, right bottom edge: 2616 [on Japanese lining paper] and h 85317 [on mount verso and covered by Japanese paper lining].
Recto, lower right edge, on the stone: B. WEST 1801
Recto: Watermark, original wove support sheet, lower right ege: Russell & Co. 1799
Catalogue raisonnéNagler, XXI, 304: Le Blanc, p. 204, no. 1.
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