Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Title:
The Three Marys
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink.; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/16 x 8 1/4 inches (41.1 x 21 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "B.West | 1783-"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5743
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
veil | robes | women | vegetation | religious and mythological subject | rocks (landforms)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Revealed Religion - Benjamin West's Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey (San Antonio Museum of Art, 1983-09-18 - 1983-11-13)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15044