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Agrippina -- A Study

Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
1758–1820

Medium/Technique Black chalk heightened with white, on grayish blue-green paper
Dimensions 30.2 x 21.3cm (11 7/8 x 8 3/8in.)
Credit Line Gift in memory of John Hubbard Sturgis by his daughters, Miss Frances C. Sturgis, Miss Mabel R. Sturgis, Mrs. William Haynes-Smith (Alice Maud Sturgis), and Miss Evelyn R. Sturgis
Accession Number42.601
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings

DescriptionDouble-sided: Removed from orig. mount "Study of a Girl".
InscriptionsWest inscription on verso of orig. mount (saved).
ProvenanceJohn Hubbard Sturgis (1834-1888); Miss Frances C. Sturgis, Miss Mabel R. Sturgis, Mrs. William Haynes-Smith (Alice Maud Sturgis), and Miss Evelyn R. Sturgis (daughters of the John Hubbard Sturgis); gift to MFA, December 10, 1942.