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Vagabond Family [recto]
1788
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with brown and blue wash on wove paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 17.9 x 12.3 cm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1984.3.75.a
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
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Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Vagabond Family [recto] — Benjamin West. 1788.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown and blue wash on wove paper.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): sheet: 17.9 x 12.3 cm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1984.3.75.a. Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.