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Study for Pharaoh and His Host Lost in the Red Sea

Benjamin West, c. 1792

The Hunterian, Glasgow

The sketch is an important record of a lost work commissioned by George III, and its imagery reflects a knowledge of works by Rubens. The acquisition is made in the Hunterian's bicentenary year, and has been chosen to reflect Hunter's support of the arts, and his network of contacts, especially with Benjamin West and George III. This drawing is an exceptionally vigorous and interesting image, containing an echo of Rubens’s Voyage of the Prince (“Quos Ego”) painting in the Dresden royal collection.

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Title of artwork, date

Study for Pharaoh and His Host Lost in the Red Sea, c. 1792

Date supported

2007

Medium and material

Pen & ink over pencil heightened with pale wash

Dimensions

48.5 x 88.8 cm

Grant

5000

Total cost

13500

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