Benjamin West
Who
Benjamin West (1738-1820), 18th- and 19th-century English painter.
Notes
Associated with Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Known works include The Death of General Wolfe and Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice.
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Key works
- The Death of General Wolfe (1770)
- Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice (1772)
In museum collections
- The Death of Nelson (1806)
Art UK ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky (1816)
Philadelphia Museum of Art ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Portrait of Dr Richard Price (1784)
Art UK ↗ · Find a print ↗ - The Battle of La Hogue (1778)
National Gallery of Art ↗ · Art UK ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald (1786)
Art UK ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (1776)
National Gallery of Art ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus (1768)
Philadelphia Museum of Art ↗ · Yale University Art Gallery ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Death on the Pale Horse
Philadelphia Museum of Art ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Gentlemen Fishing (1794)
Art UK ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia (1766)
Art UK ↗ · Find a print ↗ - The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (1791)
National Gallery of Art ↗ · Art Institute of Chicago ↗ · Find a print ↗ - Alfred the Great Dividing His Loaf with a Pilgrim
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