Live Auction 7435British Works on Paper
Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Lot 38

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

Head of a bearded old man

Closed21 November 2007

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GBP 1,500

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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Head of a bearded old man
pen and brown ink, brown wash
9 x 7¼ in. (22.8 x 18.4 cm.)

The artist's family and by descent to
Mrs P. Howard; Sotheby's, London, 22 March 1979, part of lot 3, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Although no exact prototype for the present drawing has been found, it shows the influence of Guercino, whose drawings West was studying in the 1780s.