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Benjamin West

Vagabond Family [recto], 1788

Not on View

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund

Accession Number

1984.3.75.a

Artists / Makers

Benjamin West (artist) American, 1738 - 1820

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Inscription

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

Marks and Labels

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

Provenance

Julius S. Held, gift to NGA, 1984

Associated Names

Held, Julius S., Professor

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.

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