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Benjamin West

Pax Artium Nutrix (Britannia as Protector of the Arts)

Description

Maker

Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820)

Title

Pax Artium Nutrix (Britannia as Protector of the Arts)

Year

1787

Medium

  • pen and brown ink and wash,
  • white and blue opaque watercolor,
  • and touches of black chalk on laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • pen and brown ink and wash,
  • white and blue opaque watercolor,
  • and touches of black chalk on laid paper

Materials

gouache, charcoal, wash technique, pen and ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

21.9 x 19 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

21.136

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Age of Canova
Nov 06, 1957 – Dec 15, 1957
European and American Watercolors and Drawings from the Permanent Collection
Feb 26, 1947 – Mar 10, 1947

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Benjamin West (American, 1738-1820)
Pax Artium Nutrix (Britannia as Protector of the Arts), 1787
pen and brown ink and wash, white and blue opaque watercolor, and touches of black chalk on laid paper
21.9 x 19 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 21.136

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