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Benjamin West

Pax Artium Nutrix (Britannia as Protector of the Arts), 1787

Description

Maker

  • Benjamin West, 1738-1820, American

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

Materials

  • gouache,
  • charcoal,
  • wash technique,
  • pen and ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

21.9 x 19.1 cm (8 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

21.136

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Age of Canova

November 6 - December 15, 1957

European and American Watercolors and Drawings from the Permanent Collection

February 26 - March 10, 1947

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Francesco Bartolozzi

Pax Atrium Nutrix (Pease Patroness of the Arts), 1787

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