LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

16.97 in. (43.10 cm.) (height) by 25.94 in. (65.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'B. West 1792' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1794, no. 20. London, West's Gallery, 1821, no. 13. London, British Institution, 1833, no. 48 (lent by Joseph Neeld).

Literature:

'A Correct Catalogue of the Works of Mr. West' , Public Characters of 1805, London, 1805, p. 566. 'A Correct List of Works of Mr. West', Universal Magazine, III, 1805, p. 530. J. Barlow, The Columbiad: A Poem, Philadelphia, 1807, p. 435. 'A Correct Catalogue of the Works of Banjamin West, Esq.', Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, IV, 1808, p. 18. J. Dillenberger, 'Published List of West's Paintings', Benjamin West: The Context of His Life's Work, San Antonio, 1977, p. 174, no. 358. R. Strong, Recreating the Past: British History and the Victorian Painter, New York, 1978, pp. 26-7, fig. 17. H. van Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven And London, 1986, p. 204, no. 82.

Provenance:

Offered by the artist's sons to the United States of America in 1826, and then sold; Robins, London, 23 May 1829 (=2nd day), lot 70, sold for 60 gns. to Bone for the following, Joseph Neeld (1789–1856), M.P., Grittleton House, Wiltshire, and by descent in the family; Christie's, London, 13 July 1945, lot 172. with Vose Galleries, Boston, by whom sold in 1964 to the following, L. Gerard Paine, Boston. Anonymous sale; Sworders, Hertfordshire, 2008, as 'Follower of Benjamin West', when acquired by the present owner.