The Disobedient Prophet

1793

Benjamin West

Artist, American, 1738 - 1820

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with wash heightened with blue and cream oil paint over chalk

  • Credit Line

    Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.2 x 49.8 cm (11 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.3.74


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Julius S. Held

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 18.

1979

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 34.

1984

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

1987

  • English Drawings and Watercolors, 1630-1850, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1987-1988, no cat.

Inscriptions

lower center: B. West. 1793

Wikidata ID

Q64537243


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