Artist
Benjamin West American, active England, 1738–1820
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Design for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Chapel, Windsor Castle (recto)
- Designs for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Academy Council Chamber at Somerset House (verso)
Datec. 1779
PlaceLondon, England
MediumBlack chalk, pen and brown ink and watercolor, heightened with touches of white, grey and blue bodycolor and brown wash, on oatmeal paper
Dimensions20 5/8 × 12 3/4 in. (52.4 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Long Endowment for American Art and the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund, with additional gifts in honor of Meredith Long and Company on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary
Object number2007.1461.A,.B
Not on view
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Department
American ArtObject Type
Exhibition History“American Adversaries: West and Copley in a Transatlantic World,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 6, 2013–January 20, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Four labels on verso from Christie's with lot number "36" and date of sale, Stock #, Line #, Dept., bar coades ...
Printed labels on verso:
"BRITISH ART WEEK / ... / 36 BENJAMIN WEST P.R.A. ... / Design for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Chapel, / Windsor Castle. / ... £80,000 - 120,000 / BRITISH ART ON PAPER, 21 NOVEMBER 2007"
"COLLECTION OF / ERVING AND jOYCE WOLF / ARTIST BENJAMIN WEST / TITLE / CEILING DECORATION / ... / 376/W54", "ERVING WOLF"
Printed labels on verso:
"BRITISH ART WEEK / ... / 36 BENJAMIN WEST P.R.A. ... / Design for the ceiling decoration of the Royal Chapel, / Windsor Castle. / ... £80,000 - 120,000 / BRITISH ART ON PAPER, 21 NOVEMBER 2007"
"COLLECTION OF / ERVING AND jOYCE WOLF / ARTIST BENJAMIN WEST / TITLE / CEILING DECORATION / ... / 376/W54", "ERVING WOLF"
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