Portrait of Benjamin West Engraver: H. Meyer (British)
After: Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769–1830)
Publisher: T. Cadell
Publisher: W. Davies

1813

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Stipple engraving

Dimensions

platemark: 14 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (37.5 × 32.4 cm)
sheet: 21 13/16 × 14 15/16 in. (55.4 × 38 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Theresa Fairbanks Harris, B.A. 1977, and Channing Harris

Accession Number

2017.142.3

Geography

Made in United Kingdom

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Prints

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased post auction, Winter Associates, Inc., Plainville, CT, 14 January 2013, Sale 463, Lot 130
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 41
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

portraits, stipple engraving

Inscriptions

Lower margin, center, in plate: BENJAMIN WEST, ESQ. / President of the Royal Academy / Engraved by H. Meyer, from an original Picture by / T. LAWRENCE, ESQ., R.A. / For the fourteenth Number of the British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits. / Published April 13, 1813, By T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand, London

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