Unknown, Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.'
Unknown, Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.'
Unknown, Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.'
Unknown, Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.'
Unknown, Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.'

Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.', ca.1793

Unknown

RA Collection: Art

On free display in Collection Gallery

Title
Frame for Benjamin West PRA 'Self-portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.'
Frame made by
Date
ca.1793
Object type
frame
Medium
Carved pine
Dimensions

1340 mm x 1647 mm x 126 mm, Weight: 70 kg

Collection
Royal Academy of Arts
Object number
03/3795
Styles
'Carlo Maratta' frame
Finish
Later gilding over original gilding
Ornament
Acanthus leaf on back edge; enriched gadrooning on top edge with acanthus leaf corners [missing at bottom of frame]; enriched ribbon-&-stave; acanthus leaf-&-shell carved on ogee; compo leaf tip moulding (later addition) at sight edge
Features
Frame associated with artist
Cross-section
Concave with frieze and ogee
Alteration
Probably not
Status
Possibly original

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