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Black and white engraving of portrait painter Benjamin West. He is dressed in a long robe and standing in front of his easel. Molded wooden frame with an interior band of gesso and gilt.
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Inscribed: Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A./Engraved by Charles Rolls./Benjamin West, P.R.A./Printed by Brooker & Harrison/New York. Published Jan 1, 1842, by William Hayward, the Proprietor,/and sold by Thomas Boys, XI Golded Square, London. A label on the back reads: A.A. Childs & Co./Looking Glass/ and/Picture-Frame Manufacturers,/19 Tremont St., Boston./Old Engravings and Oil Paintings/ cleaned & restored./Old Frames Regilt.
West, Benjamin
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Rolls, Charles (Engraver)
32.125 x 22.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1665
1/1/1842 (Publication Date)
New York state (United States)
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