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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)

Rustic lovers forewarned of the approach of a thunderstorm

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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Rustic lovers forewarned of the approach of a thunderstorm
signed and dated 'B. West. 1785.' (lower left) and further signed and inscribed 'Rustic lovers forewarned of the approach of a Thunder Storm./Benjn. West' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
pen and brown ink and brown and blue wash, heightened with bodycolour, on blue paper, on the artist's wash-line mount
9 x 12¾ in. (22.9 x 32.4 cm.)
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Lot Essay

The present drawing is a rare and ambitious composition by West, which does not appear to relate to any particular project and is somewhat outside his usual oeuvre. West did execute other pastoral scenes, see H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London, 1986, pp. 411 and 419-20, nos. 436 and 451, but these are both later in date (1789 and 1795 respectively).

We are grateful to Allen Staley for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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