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Angel of the Annunciation
Benjamin West, 1738–1820; born Springfield [now Swarthmore], PA; died London, England
x1943-63
Information
Title
Angel of the Annunciation
Maker
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brown wash over graphite heightened with white oil paint and violet wash
Dimensions
27.4 x 20.1 cm. (10 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1943-63
Inscription
in brown ink, upper right: No. 14.
Marks/Labels/Seals
Blindstamp, lower right: VWN [in oval] [Lugt 2540]
Culture
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
Victor Winthrop Newman, New York (Lugt 2540, lower right); his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, 2 February 1920, no. 103; purchased by the donor
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., p. 101, no. 100 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 169, cat. no. 39; p. 170 (illus.), p. 329, checklist no. 667
