Photo © Woolley & Wallis — view this lot on Woolley & Wallis ↗Figures striving to pull ashore a boat after a shipwreck
Drawing (ink)
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Lady Holding a Book
Catalogued as “Follower of Benjamin West” — not included in the artist’s headline statistics.
Benjamin West (American, 1738–1820)
$1,000 hammer
≈ £736≈ €836
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 30-1/4 x 25-3/8 in.
- Auction house
- Brunk Auctions
- Sale
- September Premier Auction: Day 2 (2603)
- Date
- September 16, 2017
- Lot
- 689
- Estimate
- $2,000 – $3,000 (≈ £1,472 – £2,208) (≈ €1,672 – €2,508)
- Source
- Auction house live.brunkauctions.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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