18th century
American
Works On Paper
Prints
stipple and line engraving on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed to oval): 6 1/16 × 5 in. (15.4 × 12.7 cm)
Mount: 10 × 9 in. (25.4 × 22.86 cm)
35.1.341
Not on view
Inscription on the verso of the print: "Souvenir de Mr. Louis Bugmo [or Rugmo]" in iron gall ink.
Inscribed in graphite on mount lower left: Benjamin West. Inscribed in graphite on mount lower right: Alexander Hamilton. Inscribed in ink on verso: Souvenir de M. Louis Buyno. Inscribed in ink within image to left of figure: Benjamin West/ E__(illegible) a l'académie Royale de Londres. Framing notes inscribed in graphite on verso of mount.
Bequest of John Barton Payne
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