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Learn moreBenjamin West
Study for The Cave of Despair
Artist
Benjamin West
Springfield, Pennsylvania, 1738 – London 1820
Title
Date
About 1772
Materials
Pen and ink, graphite
Dimensions
29.8 x 28.7 cm
Credits
Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bronfman Fund for Master Graphics, inv. Dr.1967.207
Collection
Graphic Arts
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