Scene at Margate
Medium
Pen, brown ink, and white chalk on blue laid paper
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 7 in. (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Janos Scholz, 1954
Accession Number
54.199
Tags
Human FiguresHousesFlagsCarriages
About the Artist
Benjamin West · 1738–1820
Benjamin West, born on October 10, 1738, in Springfield, Pennsylvania, emerged as one of the most influential painters of his era despite being entirely self-taught. Growing up in a Quaker family in colonial America, West displayed prodigious talent from childhood, creating portraits and religious scenes with materials gifted by local patrons. By his late teens, he had garnered enough support to t...