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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1954.103
People
Benjamin West, American (Springfield, PA 1738 - 1820 London, England)
Title
Chaining Prometheus to the Rock
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1783
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308467

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on modern laid paper, mounted to cardboard
Dimensions
28 x 34.4 cm (11 x 13 9/16 in.)
mount: 28.3 x 34.4 cm (11 1/8 x 13 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: B. West / 1783
  • inscription: verso, black ink: Chaining Prometheus to the Rock / Benj. West
  • exhibition label: removed from backing, now in curatorial file, paper, printed and typed

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Castano Galleries, Boston, MA; sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1954.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gifts for Special Uses Fund
Accession Year
1954
Object Number
1954.103
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William E. Steadman, First Flowers of our Wilderness, exh. cat., University of Arizona Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ, 1976), no. 74, pl. 74

Exhibition History

  • First Flowers of our Wilderness, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 01/11/1976 - 02/15/1976; University of Arizona, Tucson, 02/29/1976 - 03/28/1976
  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/25/2022 - 09/12/2022

Verification Level

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