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Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763), The Three Sisters, 1783
- Title:
The Three Sisters
- Date:
- 1783
- Medium:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 inches (36 x 27.9 cm), Mount: 17 1/2 x 14 inches (44.5 x 35.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "The Three Sisters"; on mount, lower right: "J.B."; on verso, upper right: "No: 907. 14 by 11. | Given to me by Himself the | 23d May 1784. | 9(?)"; in graphite, on verso, lower left: "GRAHM | 3808 B | VV432"; on back, lower right: "14 x17 3/8 938(?)"
Signed and dated in brown ink, lower right: "Benj'n West | 1783."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Arms Wick
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1985.32
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- baskets | dresses | portrait | sisters | stool | trees | women
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9299
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