An Angel

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Medium

pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 11.6 × 10.3 cm (4 9/16 × 4 1/16 in.)
mount: 21.43 × 16.35 cm (8 7/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.196

Artists / Makers

Benjamin West (artist) American, 1738 - 1820

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, upper left verso of sheet in graphite: 38/2; by later hand, upper right of mount in graphite: 3/4 ÷ / 2 1/2 / 2 3/4; by later hand, lower right of mount in graphite: H/22/1

Provenance

(Sabin Galleries, Ltd., London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1973-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor
Sabin Galleries Limited