Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Title:
The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum in North America in November 1764, 1765
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (25.7 x 21 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower right: "B.West | [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.794
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
flag | hats | earrings | costume | sword | rifles | camp (temporary settlement) | trees | trellis | Indians | fear | sadness | colonist | children | mother | soldiers | colonel | women | families | men | military art | captives
Associated Places:
North America | Muskingum | Ohio
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)American Master Drawings and Watercolors: Works on Paper from the Colonial Times to the Present (American Federation of Arts, 1976-09-01 - 1977-04-20)
Publications:
Guilland Sutherland, British art, 1740-1820 : essays in honor of Robert R. Wark, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Huntington Library: San Marino, CA, 1992, pp. 205-233, N6766 B73 1992 (LC)Martin West, Bouquet’s Expedition Against the Ohio Indians, Kent State University Press, Kent State University Press, 2017, (Available online in Orbis)