Live Auction 7435British Works on Paper
Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Lot 34

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

Study for 'The Woman clothed with the Sun'

Closed21 November 2007

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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Study for 'The Woman clothed with the Sun'
with inscription 'B West' (lower right)
black and white chalk on blue-grey paper
11 x 8 in. (28 x 20.3 cm.)

The artist's family, and by descent to
Mrs P. Howard; Sotheby's, London, 22 March 1979, part of lot 9, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

This study is related to the oil painting The Woman clothed with the Sun (dated circa 1797, von Erffa & Staley, 405), now at Princeton University Art Gallery. The work was commissioned for the Revelation Chamber at Fonthill Abbey, along with a painting of A mighty Angel standeth upon the Land and upon the Sea (see lot 33). For another related drawing see lot 35.