print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.4675
- Title
- Object: Benj.n West Esq.r P.R.A.
- Description
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Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 807a), three-quarter length, seated in an armchair in front of a pillar and curtain, facing to front, wearing a dark coat and white neckerchief; his left arm resting on a table, spectacles in his hand; in the foreground on right, a chair with a pocket book, roll, and book set upright; in the background on right, partial view of West's painting "Christ Healing the Sick in the Temple"; with open letters.
Mixed method mezzotint
- Production date
- 1797-1847
- Dimensions
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Height: 533 millimetres (trimmed?)
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Width: 405 millimetres (trimmed?)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.4675