Materials & Techniques: graphite / Collection: Prints and Drawings / Creator: West, Benjamin, 1738–1820

1. Sketch for a Family Group

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 7 3/16 inches (22.2 x 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Ford at Wrentham, Suffolk

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (17.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Woman and Child

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 3 1/16 inches (10.2 x 7.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. St. Michael and Lucifer

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches (24.6 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Connoisseur

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 inches (37.5 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Three Marys

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink.; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/16 x 8 1/4 inches (41.1 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Mrs. West and Daughter Playing Catch

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (19.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Scene from Roman History

Creator:: circle of Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches (33.2 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anne W. and David T. Mininberg, Yale BA 1957

9. Artist's Son Writing

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Greenwich from the Park

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 12 9/16 inches (13.7 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Child Seated

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 3 13/16 inches (15.9 x 9.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Landscape at Henstead

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (17.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Figures Looking out to Sea

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 7/16 inches (18.4 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Parsonage House at Henstead

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (17.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Project for the Monument of the Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (60.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Two Kneeling Figures

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (16.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Mother and Two Children

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 5/8 inches (29.5 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (18.1 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Artist's Wife and Child

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 20 1/8 inches (33 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Windsor Great Park from the Castle Terrace

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen in brown ink, and graphite, verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 7 1/8 inches (12.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Christening in Chevening Church, Kent

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches (11.6 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Farm near Windsor

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 1/2 inches (27.9 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with white chalk; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (49.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Road Scene in Windsor Forest

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (42.5 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Mountainous Landscape with Figures

Creator:: attributed to Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in gray ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 17 inches (27.9 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Woman at a Square Piano

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (16.2 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Rider Galloping to Left

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 6 5/8 inches (18.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Two Designs for Ecclesiastical Niches

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 3 1/8 inches (19.4 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

29. The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764, 1765

The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764, 1765

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (25.7 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Sketch for a Family Group

2. A Ford at Wrentham, Suffolk

3. Woman and Child

4. St. Michael and Lucifer

5. The Connoisseur

6. The Three Marys

7. Mrs. West and Daughter Playing Catch

8. A Scene from Roman History

9. Artist's Son Writing

10. Greenwich from the Park

11. A Child Seated

12. Landscape at Henstead

13. Figures Looking out to Sea

14. Parsonage House at Henstead

15. A Project for the Monument of the Apotheosis of Nelson

16. Two Kneeling Figures

17. A Mother and Two Children

18. Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia

19. Artist's Wife and Child

20. Windsor Great Park from the Castle Terrace

21. A Christening in Chevening Church, Kent

22. A Farm near Windsor

23. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

24. Road Scene in Windsor Forest

25. Mountainous Landscape with Figures

26. Woman at a Square Piano

27. Rider Galloping to Left

28. Two Designs for Ecclesiastical Niches

29. The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764, 1765