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Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), Characters in the Streets of London, 1799
- Title:
Characters in the Streets of London
- Date:
- 1799
- Medium:
- Brown wash with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches (30.2 x 40.2 cm), Image: 9 1/16 x 12 7/8 inches (23 x 32.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen with brown ink, upper center: "Characters in the Streets of London. | Benj'm West"; in graphite, lower right: "BENJAMIN WEST: CHARACTERS IN THE | STREETS OF LONDON"; in graphite, lower right: "75/2/3/10"
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower left: "B. West | 1799"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6314
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- aprons | baskets | bench | dresses | drinking | fish | food | genre subject | hats | men | milkmaid | sitting | standing | women
- Associated Places:
- England | London | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15331
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