Vagabond Family [recto]

1788

Benjamin West

Artist, American, 1738 - 1820

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with brown and blue wash on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.9 x 12.3 cm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.3.75.a

Associated Artworks

Cross Section of a Gothic Church [verso]

Benjamin West

1788

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julius S. Held, gift to NGA, 1984

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 19, as Three Figures.

Bibliography

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collectio of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held. Binghampton, State University of New York, University Art Gallery: 1970, no. 19.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and brown ink: B. West 1788; center verso in graphite and pen and brown ink: 6 feet 8. 3/2

Markings

lower right verso stamped in black ink: JSH [Julius S. Held]

Wikidata ID

Q64537244

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