Lot 37
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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)

Study of a standing man, possibly a study for portrait of Lord Camden

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Benjamin West, P.R.A. (1738-1820)
Study of a standing man, possibly a study for portrait of Lord Camden
with inscription 'B. West' (lower right)
pencil and brown wash on oatmeal paper, unframed
10½ x 7½ in. (26.8 x 19 cm.); and study of a man running, traditionally attributed to John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) (2)
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Lot Essay

The present drawing is presumably a study for a full-length portrait that has either disappeared or was never executed. For the proposed portrait of Lord Camden see H. von Erffa and A. Staley, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven and London, 1986, no. 641, p. 582, n. 3.

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

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