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Benjamin West Oil on Canvas Painting, "St. John" Putto with Lamb, 18th Century
By Benjamin West
Located in Gardena, CA
Benjamin West Oil on Canvas Painting, "St. John" Putto with Lamb, 18th Century
The painting depicts a putto praying with a lamb near him towards the lower...
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18th Century European Antique Benjamin West
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"The Death of General Wolfe", Etching after Benjamin West, laid on vellum
By Benjamin West
Located in Norwich, GB
Etching on laid paper laid down on vellum, around 1789.
Etching after Benjamin West's 1770 painting "The Death of General Wolfe" commemorating the Bat...
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1780s Canadian Georgian Antique Benjamin West
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Pair of George II Silver Sauce Boats, London, 1737 by Benjamin West
By Benjamin West
Located in Cornwall, GB
These superb silver sauce boats are of the raised circular form with extended pouring lip and applied handle surmounted with a cast acanthus leaf thumbpiece. The body bellied with a ...
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1730s British George II Antique Benjamin West
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The Father and Brother of Benjamin West
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An original lithograph after American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820) titled "The Father and Brother of Benjamin West" from "The Family Picture" series, 1873. This original print was hand drawn on stone by English artist E.H. Mitchell in 1873. Full original paperwork information on back comes with artwork. All archival framing. Framed size: 15.25" x 14.5". Image size: 7.5" x 7". Mint condition.
Benjamin West PRA (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War of Independence and the Seven Years' War. He was the second president of the Royal Academy in London, serving from 1792 to 1805 and 1806 to 1820. He was offered a knighthood by the British Crown, but declined it, believing that he should instead be made a peer. He said that "Art is the representation of human beauty, ideally perfect in design, graceful and noble in attitude."
West was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, in a house that is now in the borough of Swarthmore on the campus of Swarthmore College, as the tenth child of an innkeeper and his wife. The family later moved to Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, where his father was the proprietor of the Square Tavern, still standing in that town. West told the novelist John Galt, with whom, late in his life, he collaborated on a memoir, The Life and Studies of Benjamin West (1816, 1820) that, when he was a child, Native Americans showed him how to make paint by mixing some clay from the river bank with bear grease in a pot. Benjamin West was an autodidact; while excelling at the arts, "he had little [formal] education and, even when president of the Royal Academy, could scarcely spell".
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky c. 1816 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
From 1746 to 1759, West worked in Pennsylvania, mostly painting portraits. While West was in Lancaster in 1756, his patron, a gunsmith named William Henry, encouraged him to paint a Death of Socrates based on an engraving in Charles Rollin's Ancient History. His resulting composition, which significantly differs from the source, has been called "the most ambitious and interesting painting produced in colonial America". Dr William Smith, then the provost of the College of Philadelphia, saw the painting in Henry's house and decided to become West's patron, offering him education and, more importantly, connections with wealthy and politically connected Pennsylvanians. During this time West met John Wollaston, a famous painter who had immigrated from London. West learned Wollaston's techniques for painting the shimmer of silk and satin, and also adopted some of "his mannerisms, the most prominent of which was to give all his subjects large almond-shaped eyes, which clients thought very chic". West was a close friend of Benjamin Franklin, whose portrait he painted. Franklin was the godfather of West's second son, Benjamin.
In August 1763, West arrived in England, on what he initially intended as a visit on his way back to America. In fact, he never returned to America. He stayed for a month at Bath with William Allen, who was also in the country, and visited his half-brother Thomas West...
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Benjamin West furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Benjamin West furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of sterling silver and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Benjamin West furniture, although silver editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Benjamin West were created in the Georgian style in europe during the 18th century and earlier. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by William Cafe, Georgian House, and John Wakelin & William Taylor. Prices for Benjamin West furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,402 and can go as high as $4,336, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $2,800.