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The Stolen Kiss

Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
1819

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions 124.78 x 160.65 cm (49 1/8 x 63 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury
Accession Number30.494
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsLower left: Benjamin West 1819
ProvenanceMay 22-25, 1829, posthumous West sale, Robins, London, lot 155, sold to G. Walker, Limehouse. By 1913, George Robert White (b. 1847 - d. 1922), Boston [see note 1]; by inheritance from White to his sister, Harriet J. White (Mrs. Frederick T.) Bradbury (b. 1851 - d. 1930), Boston; 1930, bequest of Harriet J. Bradbury to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 3, 1930)

NOTES:
[1] Lent to the MFA in that year.