Currently not on view
Apotheosis of Three Children,
1780 – 1789
Benjamin West, 1738–1820; born Springfield [now Swarthmore], PA; died London, England
x1948-36
Information
Title
Apotheosis of Three Children
Dates
1780 – 1789
Maker
Medium
Recto: Black and red chalk with touches of black crayon
Verso: Black chalk
Dimensions
32.9 x 38.2 cm. (12 15/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Dan Fellows Platt, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1948-36
Inscription
in graphite, on verso bottom: Guardian Angel | by Benjamin West P.R.A. (1738-1820) | Parsons 1928; Drawing on the back
in graphite, on verso center left: West
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Sale, Thomas Parsons and Sons, London 1928; Dan Fellows Platt (his stamp, on verso, in black, lower right).
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., Appendix pp. 133-134
- 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. 87, fig. 1; pp. 301–302, checklist no. 140; p. 302 (left half of verso, rotated illus.)
