George Henry Harlow P.R.A. (London 1787-1819)

Portrait of Benjamin West P.R.A (1738-1820), half-length, in a black coat, his left hand resting on some books, a pair of spectacles in his right hand, beside a sketch of Christ Rejected

Details

George Henry Harlow P.R.A. (London 1787-1819)
Portrait of Benjamin West P.R.A (1738-1820), half-length, in a black coat, his left hand resting on some books, a pair of spectacles in his right hand, beside a sketch of Christ Rejected
inscribed 'B. West. P.R.A by G H Harlow. 1817' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
20 5/8 x 16½ in. (52.4 x 41.9 cm.)

Provenance

David Thomas White, London.
Leggatt Brothers, London, where acquired before 1955.

Literature

H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London, 1986, p. 360, no. 353 (under note 12).

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Lot Essay

The present panel is a version of Harlow's portrait of West, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815 (no. 112) and engraved by Joseph Jenkins in 1829. The canvas portrayed next to the sitter shows the figures of Christ, Pilate and the chief Priest from West's Christ Rejected (1814; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts), which the artist painted as a sequel to his celebrated Christ Healing the Sick, now in the Tate Gallery, London.

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