Panthea Stabs Herself beside the Corpse of Abradatas
Object type: Drawing
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Benjamin West
Artist bio: American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Medium: Brown ink, washes, and black chalk on white laid paper
Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 12 3/16 in. (21 x 31 cm)
Credit line: Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887
Accession year: 1887
Tags: Weapons|Corpses|Suffering|Men|Female Nudes