Unknown, Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Bladud in Exile', c.1807.
1038 mm x 1398 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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RA Collection: Art
1038 mm x 1398 mm
Benjamin West PRA
Bladud in Exile, 20 September 1807
Coloured chalk and wash, heightened with white on brown paper
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