George III Resuming Royal Power in 1789, c. 1789

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper mounted to board

Dimensions

sheet: 15.9 × 21.9 cm (6 1/4 × 8 5/8 in.)
mount: 22.38 × 28.1 cm (8 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

John Davis Hatch Collection, Andrew W. Mellon Fund and Avalon Fund

Accession Number

1980.4.6

Artists / Makers

Benjamin West (artist) American, 1738 - 1820

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left on mount in pen and black ink by unknown hand: B.W; lower right on mount in pen and black ink by unknown hand: AS; center verso in pen and brown ink by unknown hand: A design for the picture which Mr. West painted of / His Majesty George the third resuming Royal Power in 1789 / Benj West

Provenance

Slatkin Galleries, New York; Paul Magriel, New York; Unidentified collector (AS, Lugt undescribed). John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; acquired 1980 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Hatch, John Davis, Mr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1976: Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 5.