Benjamin West
✓ Source-basedstable18th- and 19th-century English painter (1738-1820)
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Benjamin West was an American-born British painter who specialised in history painting, creating such works as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky.
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The house in which West was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, drawn by John Sartain in 1837
Portrait of West from 1770, now housed in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
Portrait of Benjamin West by Gilbert Stuart, 1785
The Death of General Wolfe, 1770
The Royal Academicians in General Assembly by Henry Singleton, 1795. West, as president, is seated in the centre surrounded by his colleagues.
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About this person
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United StatesCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1738 to 1820 · aged 81
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