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Portrait of Benjamin West, R.A.

Maker

(artist)
1741-1825

(engraver)

(publisher)
1769-1837

Title

Portrait of Benjamin West, R.A.

Date of Production

1809

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Height: 27.2 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4165.69

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords











Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Benj. West. R.A.

Inscription: Recto: lower margin, printed: Geo. Dance delt. March 3 1793. Wm. Daniell Fecit.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: Published by Wm. Daniell, No. 9. Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Septr. 15. 1809.

Stamp: Recto: upper left margin, stamped: P.1.

Stamp: Recto: lower right margin, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, typed: T.O.

Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, handwritten in pen: G. DANCE

Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, handwritten in pencil: EXH: R.A. TREASURES, 1963. NO. 58

Inscription: Verso: upper centre, clipping from publication affixed to verso, printed: BENJAMIN WEST, R.A. / ... [37 lines text]

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