Old Masters Evening Sale

Benjamin West, P.R.A.

The Recovery of His Majesty in the Year 1789 《1789年英王病癒》

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December 8, 08:20 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 GBP

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Benjamin West, P.R.A.

Springfield, PA 1738 - 1820 London

The Recovery of His Majesty in the Year 1789

inscribed on the abacus and shield of the left column: HONOR/ The XCIX/ PEERS who Nobly/ supported in the/ HOUSE of LORDS/ the KING and/ CONSTITUTION/ on the XXVI/ of D.

inscribed on the abacus and shield of the middle column: VIRTUE/ THE CCLXVII/ WORTHY Members/ of the HON^ble. HOUSE/ of COMONS, who/ Nobly Supported the/ KING/ [an]d CONSTITUTION/ on the XVI/ of Dec^br/ MDCCLXXXVIII

inscribed on the abacus and shield of the right column: SCIENCE/ THE KING/ being restored to/ HEALTH opened/ the PARLIAMENT on/ the X of March./ MDCCLXXXIX

oil on canvas

73 x 99.1 cm.; 28¾ x 39 in.

班哲明・韋斯特，P.R.A.

1738年生於賓夕凡尼亞州斯普林菲爾德，1820年卒於倫敦

《1789年英王病癒》

款識：藝術家題款HONOR/ The XCIX/ PEERS who Nobly/ supported in the/ HOUSE of LORDS/ the KING and/ CONSTITUTION/ on the XXVI/ of D.（左邊立柱頂部及橢圓面板）；題款VIRTUE/ THE CCLXVII/ WORTHY Members/ of the HONble. HOUSE/ of COMONS, who/ Nobly Supported the/ KING/ [an]d CONSTITUTION/ on the XVI/ of Decbr/ MDCCLXXXVIII（中間立柱頂部及橢圓面板）；題款SCIENCE/ THE KING/ being restored to/ HEALTH opened/ the PARLIAMENT on/ the X of March./ MDCCLXXXIX（右邊立柱頂部及橢圓面板）

油彩畫布

73 x 99.1 公分；28 ¾ x 39 英寸

Benjamin West (1738–1820);

Thence by descent to his sons, Raphael Lamar West (1760–1850) and Benjamin West, Jr (1772–1848);

By whom sold, London, Robins, 22–25 May 1829, lot 81 (‘His Late Majesty Resuming Royal Power in 1789’), for £42 to Morgan;

Charles Morgan, Caeforgan, Llanrhidian, Glamorganshire;

Thence by descent in the Morgan family until 1977;

With Trafalgar Galleries, London.

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, A Gallery Collects, 1977, no. 7;

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Art From the Colonial and Federal Periods, 1982, no. 23.

A. Stephens, ‘A Correct Catalogue of the Works of Mr. West’, in Public Characters in 1805, London 1804, p. 565 (‘The small picture of the Recovery of his Majesty in the Year 1789’, West, Painting-room);

‘A Correct List of the Works of Mr. West’, in Universal Magazine, vol. 3, London 1805, p. 530;

J. Barlow, The Columbiad. A Poem, Philadelphia 1807, p. 434;

‘A Correct Catalogue of the Works of Benjamin West, Esq.’, in Bell's Court and Fashionable Magazine, vol. 4, 1808, supplement, p. 17;

J. Galt, The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq., President of the Royal Academy of London, London 1820, p. 227;

J. Dillenberger, Benjamin West: The Context of His Life's Work, San Antonio 1977, p. 170, no. 314;

A. Staley and H. von Erffa, The Paintings of Benjamin West, New Haven 1986, p. 220, no. 107, reproduced.