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Benjamin West, P.R.A. Swarthmore, PA 1738-1820 London
Estimate
20,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description
- Benjamin West, P.R.A.
- Laborers Resting Near London
- signed and dated lower left: B West 1796
- oil on canvas
- 15 1/2 in. by 21 in.
signed and dated B West 1796, l.l.
Provenance
Offered by West's sons to the United States in 1826 (102);
Sold by the sons, London, Robbins, May 22-25, 1829, lot 83 (as "Characters in the Streets of London"), for £52.10.0, to William James Ward;
William James Ward, 1800-1840;
With Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1971;
With Mann Galleries, Miami, 1973;
With Craig and Tarleton, Raleigh, North Carolina;
From whom purchased by the present owner in 1973
Exhibited
Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, The English Court, June 4-August 20, 1989, no. 39
Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia Art Museum, A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, August-November 2005, pp. 20-21
Literature
Farington Diary, May 1797, vol. III, p. 842;
True Briton, May 25, 1797;
H. W. Williams Jr., Mirror to the American past: A Survey of American Genre Painting: 1750-1900, Greenwich, Conn 1973, pp. 28-29, reproduced fig. 9, and in color, plate I (as "The Old George Inn");
H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London 1986, pp. 415-16, reproduced in color, p. 114
True Briton, May 25, 1797;
H. W. Williams Jr., Mirror to the American past: A Survey of American Genre Painting: 1750-1900, Greenwich, Conn 1973, pp. 28-29, reproduced fig. 9, and in color, plate I (as "The Old George Inn");
H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London 1986, pp. 415-16, reproduced in color, p. 114
Condition
Relined, restretched, scattered in-paint throughout.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.