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Angel (Study for an Altarpiece of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, Rochester Cathedral)

Benjamin West

Angel (Study for an Altarpiece of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, Rochester Cathedral)

1773

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Benjamin West

Angel (Study for an Altarpiece of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, Rochester Cathedral)

1773

Physical Qualities Brush and brown ink over black chalk, Sheet: 225 x 110 mm. (8 7/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip B. Perlman
Object Number 1936.147.27

Artist

Benjamin West

1737–1819

American, 1738-1820
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