Signed and dated, in pen and brown ink, lower left: B. West 1765 Signed, in pen and brown ink, on mount, center, verso: Benj..West
Printed, on label, affixed to mount, lower center: SIR BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A Stamped, on mount, in black ink, lower left: Sir Robert Witt (Lugt supplement 2228b) Printed, on label, affixed to mount, upper left, verso: F.TANTON, F.A.I., | 341 Printed, on label, affixed to mount, center, verso: 265 Cupid inspiring a Maiden to write of | Love, 12½in. by 9in., pen-and-ink on a slate grey | ground, within a border of vari-coloured wash | and lines, cardboard mount s.b. & f., | d.1785... Stamped, in black ink, lower right, verso: Sir Robert Witt (Lugt suppl. 2228b)
Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower right: Signed on back Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left: 2480 Inscribed, in blue pencil, on mount, upper center, verso: WCA 1063 Inscribed, in pencil, on mount, lower left, verso: West | Cupid inspiring a Maiden to write of love | Produce of England