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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)

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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Study of a pike with fish hook
inscribed and dated '1802. Septr.17,th (4lb.¾' (upper centre)
pencil and charcoal heightened with touches of white, irregular, unframed
29½ x 12 3/8 in. (75 x 31.5 cm.)

Specialist note

A comparable drawing is in the collection of the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, see R. Kraemar, Drawings by Benjamin West and his son Raphael Lamar West, New York, 1975, no. 197.

We are grateful to Allen Staley for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.