Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of Pharoah's Servants
Unknown English, English
formerly attributed to Benjamin West, American, 1738 - 1820
about 1800
Oil on canvas
Overall: 13 1/4 × 17 3/8 in. (33.7 × 44.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
P.972.107
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label, on reverse: DURDOM & CO. / ARTIST'S COLOURMEN / 40 King's Road Chelsea; label, on reverse: R7891; on frame: #23234 / B. West
Exhibition History
Curator's Choice: Dartmouth College Permanent Collection, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29, 1976-January 16, 1977.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Napoleonic Era, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, and Barrows Windows, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 29-September 3, 1979.
Town of New London, New Hampshire, Bicentennial Exhibition, New London, New Hampshire, October 19-November 7, 1979.
Provenance
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts; purchased by present collection, 1972.
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