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( American, 1738 - 1820 )
Adam and the Serpent
( British, 1738 - 1820 )
Materials:
pen and brown ink on a prepared sheet
Measurements:
17.32 in. (44.00 cm.) (height) by 15.91 in. (40.40 cm.) (width)
Description:
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Markings:
with inscription 'An Ideal Sketch/ Adam, horror-stricken at seeing the cause of his Transgression/ is compelled to follow the Old Serpent, who with elated pride/ and a Satanic leer, shows him the way out of Paradise./ Benjn. West' (lower center)
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1964, lot 1.
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