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Benjamin West Esq.

Caroline Watson (English, 1761–1814)
After: Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755–1828)
American
1786

Medium/Technique Stipple etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 39 × 27.7 cm (15 3/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number33.817
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bev. B 1192
Marks Verso, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)
InscriptionsLower left, in plate: Gabriel Stuart pinxit.
Lower center, in plate: Jn & Joph Boydell excudit 1786
Lower right, in plate: Caroline Watson Sculpsit, / Engraver to her Majesty
Lower center, in plate: Benjamin West Esq.R / Historical Painter to His Majesty.
Bottom center, in plate: From the Original Picture in the Proprietors Gallery. / Publish'd March 1st, 1786 by John & Joshua Boydell, N°90 Cheapside London.
ProvenanceBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler in 1933