The Reaper (The Harvest Moon)

Richard Westall

Artist, British, 1765 - 1836

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and gray ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 10.2 x 8.2 cm (4 x 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.52.199

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Durlacher Brothers, London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1960-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, March 5-25, 1961.

1962

  • British Watercolors in American Collections, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond and tour (circulated by The American Federation of Arts), January 1962 - January 1963.

Bibliography

1961

  • Drawings from the Collection of William B. O'Neal, University of Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, Charlottesville, 1961, 29

1993

  • NGA O'Neal 1993, checklist 246

2003

  • Lowell Libson Ltd. Watercolors and Drawings. London, 2003, 34, under no. 17.

2012

  • Libson, Lowell. Lowell Libson Ltd. 2012. London, 2012: 84 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand on paper backing: The Reaper / Richard Westall. / [1765-1836]

Wikidata ID

Q64628769

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